I love this video. You have greatness within you. Now is a time to prepare for the opportunities that may never come. It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. Les Brown
A new year, a new beginning, the same pain and the same challenges. I laughed when a teacher at church shared that he does not make New Year Resolutions because he likes to spread his failures out over the whole year. I hate new year resolutions because I hate the sound of them breaking on…
For years, I had great plans and wishes but no energy to finish anything. I mean I started out great and then life happened and I would bury another half finished project. Then came counseling, graduating from university, and completing several crocheted projects as in blanket type projects. I am finishing up another one. This…
First of the year we are bombarded with meme’s to set goals, make resolutions, embrace the change and get moving. For many years I hung my head in shame and gave up on January 2, because I was going to break those resolutions anyway, may as well get it over with as quickly as possible. …
This month started out with a bang, DH went to the emergency room…..very rare occurrence..our children kept asking if it was me instead. Turns out he is now on temporary disability and a lot of pain. Thankful to a lady from church that provided some relief and pain management tools. Followed by my mother dying. …
If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. Seriously, I learned this doing dishes. 16. Not feeling like I’m a bad mom/housekeeper etc while I struggle with chronic pain and health issues. https://healingfromcomplextraumaandptsd.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/25-obvious-non-obvious-self-care-issues-complex-trauma-survivors-struggle-with-lilly-hope-lucario/ Judy shares her views on self-care challenge #16: https://theprojectbyjudy.wordpress.com/2017/11/30/self-care-16-of-25/ My health problems started when I was 15 years old. I passed out at…
I am reading and writing more about goal setting and how to go about it. Todd Bauerle wrote an article that responded to another article about not setting goals. The title put me off but I set that aside and read on. It made sense. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/goal-setting-youre-doing-wrong-todd-l-bauerle/ Todd’s focus is on how to create a dream. …
Alice asked the Cheshire Cat which road she should take: “Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. Alice: I don’t much care where. The Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn’t much matter which way…
I first heard this question used so long ago I know longer know the source. However, the question is constantly coming back over and over again. I believe at this time of setting goals I need to decide where is my center? What is the most important thing to me? Are my goals heading me…
PTSD is a monster to live with. My attempts to remove it from my life is less than what I would like it to be. I learned the hard way trying to eradicate it from my life in all one go is not going to happen right now. I set myself up to fail setting…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 