Hello there everyone - I've not posted for a while although I do pop in and check on some of you
Nothing much to report here, life is as good as I ever thought it could be. I still catch myself trying to control outcomes that I have no business worrying about. Some lessons really do take a long time to sink in.
I've started taking projects back in Europe, in preparation for the move back. Applying a bit of 'act as if' to our living location - if I act as if we are going back on schedule, well then, there will be a chance we will
One of my good friends has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Although they seem to have caught it early enough, she is incredibly depressed about it. It is such a good reminder of what is really important in life.
Just wanted to make a quick comment about expectations . One of the things SO/H2B (Hubby to be) and I have determined that works really well for us is that we each have high expectations of ourselves, and low expectations of each other. It helps keep things in balance and it helps each of us stay grounded and focused. IOW, if we are each doing what we need to do to be our best self, then the R benefits and we each benefit.
In retrospect, this is something that for me, anyway, is grounded in my GAL activities. Initial GAL is just seed planting -- it gets us back on track focusing on ourselves so we can more clearly define who we are (or rather, so I can more clearly define who I am). When I define and fine-tune who I am and where I want to go, that in an of itself attracts H2B. It's kind of like control...the more we try to exert control, the less control we actually have, and vice versa.
Wow, 2 months just flew by. WCW, thanks for positive thoughts for my friend, she seems to be responding well to treatment, so everyone is optimistic this will work out OK.
Congratulations on paying off the truck loan - and for the other positives that are happening. All I can say is that even after every appearance of successfully piecing, there is work to be done Kudos to you for staying positive.
Her recommendation at the end of the Oprah session, which so resonates with dbing:
Quote:
You can take your own spiritual journey every, single day. Liz has three daily rituals that anyone can do anywhere.
* Start a journal and answer this question every morning: What do I really, really, really want? "You have to say really, really, really three times or else you don't believe it. And answer it truthfully and do it again the next day and the next and the next," she says. "Because you can't set your journey if you don't know what you're for." * Write down the happiest moment of every day in a happiness journal. "It's a way of reminding myself what really makes me happy and what doesn't," she says, "and learn and study and look back and see what is it consistently." * Refine your mantra. "I say refine, not choose, because we all actually already have a mantra. We just might not realize that we do. Whatever you repeat constantly in your head is your mantra whether you know it or not, and that is leading you on your way," she says. "So if you're repeating, 'I'm a moron, I'm an idiot, I'm a failure, I'm a jerk, I'm a loser,' it's your mantra. So decide whether that's working for you. … Maybe it's not and then maybe you might want to choose a different thing to try to say whenever you remember that you're thinking what you're always doing."
I may not get to journal every day, but here's a start:
Kudos to you for staying positive. 
