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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 651582" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>It is always so hard to know the right thing, and then, to know how much is enough ~ but I am so happy that you have found that place of healthy balance. I love that you are teaching your son and daughter how important they are to you, and that each of you is seeing and celebrating time together as a primary value. Believe it or not, before you know it the kids will be grown. I think the look in your son's eyes when he wondered where you would be sleeping tonight will be one of those things you will remember about him long after he is a grown man.</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>That will be a beautiful memory!</p><p></p><p>It would be too easy to be sucked back in, and it is a really hard thing to stick with a decision to change our lives, but you are doing it!</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/hugs.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hugs:" title="hugs :hugs:" data-shortname=":hugs:" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That is a great motto.</p><p></p><p>One day, you look behind and realize your life and options are very different than they were just a few short months ago. </p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>Here are some things for you that have been strengthening for me. I am so proud and happy for you!</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>No one is listening.</p><p>Now you may sing the self song.</p><p></p><p>As the bird does.</p><p></p><p>Not for territory</p><p>or dominance</p><p></p><p>But for self enlargement.</p><p></p><p>Let something</p><p>come from nothing.</p><p></p><p>Stan Rice</p><p>Texas Suite</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>"In order to experience yourself more powerfully, you must <em>will</em> to do so. If you want to radiate from your own source and stop depending on other people, you must work very hard at learning to trust your own mind. When you succeed, you will have preferences, instead of needs and dependencies. You will operate from your heightened intuition and honed awareness, and your behavior will be calm, appropriate, and exacting. You will use your will with consciousness and take responsibility for all of your decisions. When problems create minor upsets, you will live through them with dignity, fluidity, and exactitude and then, you will move on."</p><p></p><p>After our lives fell apart, I carried this phrase around with me for the longest time. I still love it, still refer to it sometimes. It centers me, somehow, and teaches me the manner in which I wish to go forward.</p><p></p><p>But do you know, I did not reference the writer at the time, and now I have no idea at all where I got it.</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>"We live happily indeed, among men who hate us, free of hatred; among men who are greedy, free of greed. Though we have nothing to call our own, we shall be like the bright gods, feeding on happiness."</p><p></p><p>Another one I did not reference appropriately when I wrote it down. I did not know I would be sharing any of this with others.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for the update. </p><p></p><p>I have been wondering how you are. This site is like a family in that way, isn't it.</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/grouphugg.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":grouphugg:" title="grouphugg :grouphugg:" data-shortname=":grouphugg:" /></p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 651582, member: 17461"] It is always so hard to know the right thing, and then, to know how much is enough ~ but I am so happy that you have found that place of healthy balance. I love that you are teaching your son and daughter how important they are to you, and that each of you is seeing and celebrating time together as a primary value. Believe it or not, before you know it the kids will be grown. I think the look in your son's eyes when he wondered where you would be sleeping tonight will be one of those things you will remember about him long after he is a grown man. :O) That will be a beautiful memory! It would be too easy to be sucked back in, and it is a really hard thing to stick with a decision to change our lives, but you are doing it! :hugs: That is a great motto. One day, you look behind and realize your life and options are very different than they were just a few short months ago. :O) Here are some things for you that have been strengthening for me. I am so proud and happy for you! *** No one is listening. Now you may sing the self song. As the bird does. Not for territory or dominance But for self enlargement. Let something come from nothing. Stan Rice Texas Suite *** "In order to experience yourself more powerfully, you must [I]will[/I] to do so. If you want to radiate from your own source and stop depending on other people, you must work very hard at learning to trust your own mind. When you succeed, you will have preferences, instead of needs and dependencies. You will operate from your heightened intuition and honed awareness, and your behavior will be calm, appropriate, and exacting. You will use your will with consciousness and take responsibility for all of your decisions. When problems create minor upsets, you will live through them with dignity, fluidity, and exactitude and then, you will move on." After our lives fell apart, I carried this phrase around with me for the longest time. I still love it, still refer to it sometimes. It centers me, somehow, and teaches me the manner in which I wish to go forward. But do you know, I did not reference the writer at the time, and now I have no idea at all where I got it. *** "We live happily indeed, among men who hate us, free of hatred; among men who are greedy, free of greed. Though we have nothing to call our own, we shall be like the bright gods, feeding on happiness." Another one I did not reference appropriately when I wrote it down. I did not know I would be sharing any of this with others. Thank you for the update. I have been wondering how you are. This site is like a family in that way, isn't it. :grouphugg: Cedar [/QUOTE]
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