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<blockquote data-quote="JayPee" data-source="post: 750606" data-attributes="member: 23405"><p>Something I read recently... " We are addicted to certainty. We would rather be certain we are miserable than risk being happy and satisfied."</p><p></p><p>Sometimes, for myself I borrow worrying and fret because that's what is familiar to me. It's a lot of work to change that mindset and realize that I am not responsible for my adult sons any longer. I often ask myself, "how will they have a happy life if I'm not in the middle of it making all their decisions and picking them up when they screw up?" The truth is I don't have (nor do I want any longer) the control over their lives and I never did.</p><p></p><p>Making changes for ourselves is scary and uncomfortable at times. It feels easier just staying in our worry and misery. But the truth is that once we step out of our "comfort zone" we realize it wasn't really very comfortable after all and we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JayPee, post: 750606, member: 23405"] Something I read recently... " We are addicted to certainty. We would rather be certain we are miserable than risk being happy and satisfied." Sometimes, for myself I borrow worrying and fret because that's what is familiar to me. It's a lot of work to change that mindset and realize that I am not responsible for my adult sons any longer. I often ask myself, "how will they have a happy life if I'm not in the middle of it making all their decisions and picking them up when they screw up?" The truth is I don't have (nor do I want any longer) the control over their lives and I never did. Making changes for ourselves is scary and uncomfortable at times. It feels easier just staying in our worry and misery. But the truth is that once we step out of our "comfort zone" we realize it wasn't really very comfortable after all and we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel. [/QUOTE]
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