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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 606602" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>Nancy, you're likely not as old as me and I don't feel old..................old is definitely a state of mind, so here's my unsolicited advice, give up those "old" thoughts.......... they overtake us when we're not doing what we want to be doing, when we get stuck and have little joy.............. make a list of all the things you love and want to do, the things that make your heart skip a beat, what brings you satisfaction, fulfillment, passion..............what would it take for you to wake up and feel really excited about your day? Answer that and then go about creating it.</p><p></p><p>Just a couple of years ago, my entire life blew up, everything changed, it was a difficult life transition. What I didn't know then was that life transition blew up my life and <strong>blew out </strong>what wasn't working. It was hard, change can be stressful, but it can also be the opening for a new life to come forth. You have an opportunity here to make some <em>necessary changes</em>........to make the rest of your life be about what YOU want. What is that? </p><p></p><p>I know how hard it is to ask for help for some of us, but you did, good for you..........and you got nuggets of truth you needed to hear, this is good too. We all need that, to hear the truth, to remember OUR truth..........sometimes we just get into the daily grind and forget that life is also about JOY, FUN, LAUGHTER, PLAYFULNESS, EXCITEMENT, ADVENTURE.................we're not to old for that. </p><p></p><p>Today is an important day, you realized that you're stuck, so now you can get <strong>unstuck!</strong></p><p></p><p>What holds us back is often our own self imposed limited thinking............keep an open mind.........</p><p></p><p>You've been tangled up in your kids lives, I know how that goes, I've been tangled up in my whole family's lives for most of my life............but not now, I've made hard choices to get out from under.............if that is what you ultimately want, you'll find a way to do it and you will succeed. One step at a time, one small change............ then some more changes........... then it all adds up to big changes,...........you can do that..............you deserve that...........to have the life you want, the life you've dreamed about............as Thoreau said, "go confidently in the direction of your dreams......live the life you've imagined."</p><p></p><p>Many years ago I read a book (I think by Tom Robbins), which had this quote written on the inside cover..........I never forgot it..........it said, "it's never too late to have a happy childhood." I thought about that quote often, I guess it was kind of a secret wish I had, since I did not have a happy childhood, I felt I had missed something really important and that quote made me think it was possible.............even though my grownup, duty-bound self thought it was ridiculous. Then my old life blew and I went through some necessary changes...........and...........one day I woke up and thought, "I'm having that happy childhood now!" SO and I crack up all the time, we have some serious fun.............we play a lot, we goof off a lot..........and I have more freedom and a sense of carefree that just didn't exist in my life before. I'm mentioning this to you because if I can have a happy childhood at almost 64 years old, you can do whatever it is that makes you happy too..............just keep going towards that joy because as Rumi said, "what you seek is seeking you." Go for it Nancy............grab that ring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 606602, member: 13542"] Nancy, you're likely not as old as me and I don't feel old..................old is definitely a state of mind, so here's my unsolicited advice, give up those "old" thoughts.......... they overtake us when we're not doing what we want to be doing, when we get stuck and have little joy.............. make a list of all the things you love and want to do, the things that make your heart skip a beat, what brings you satisfaction, fulfillment, passion..............what would it take for you to wake up and feel really excited about your day? Answer that and then go about creating it. Just a couple of years ago, my entire life blew up, everything changed, it was a difficult life transition. What I didn't know then was that life transition blew up my life and [B]blew out [/B]what wasn't working. It was hard, change can be stressful, but it can also be the opening for a new life to come forth. You have an opportunity here to make some [I]necessary changes[/I]........to make the rest of your life be about what YOU want. What is that? I know how hard it is to ask for help for some of us, but you did, good for you..........and you got nuggets of truth you needed to hear, this is good too. We all need that, to hear the truth, to remember OUR truth..........sometimes we just get into the daily grind and forget that life is also about JOY, FUN, LAUGHTER, PLAYFULNESS, EXCITEMENT, ADVENTURE.................we're not to old for that. Today is an important day, you realized that you're stuck, so now you can get [B]unstuck![/B] What holds us back is often our own self imposed limited thinking............keep an open mind......... You've been tangled up in your kids lives, I know how that goes, I've been tangled up in my whole family's lives for most of my life............but not now, I've made hard choices to get out from under.............if that is what you ultimately want, you'll find a way to do it and you will succeed. One step at a time, one small change............ then some more changes........... then it all adds up to big changes,...........you can do that..............you deserve that...........to have the life you want, the life you've dreamed about............as Thoreau said, "go confidently in the direction of your dreams......live the life you've imagined." Many years ago I read a book (I think by Tom Robbins), which had this quote written on the inside cover..........I never forgot it..........it said, "it's never too late to have a happy childhood." I thought about that quote often, I guess it was kind of a secret wish I had, since I did not have a happy childhood, I felt I had missed something really important and that quote made me think it was possible.............even though my grownup, duty-bound self thought it was ridiculous. Then my old life blew and I went through some necessary changes...........and...........one day I woke up and thought, "I'm having that happy childhood now!" SO and I crack up all the time, we have some serious fun.............we play a lot, we goof off a lot..........and I have more freedom and a sense of carefree that just didn't exist in my life before. I'm mentioning this to you because if I can have a happy childhood at almost 64 years old, you can do whatever it is that makes you happy too..............just keep going towards that joy because as Rumi said, "what you seek is seeking you." Go for it Nancy............grab that ring. [/QUOTE]
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