Friday, November 23, 2012
Keep changing
"You must take personal responsibility.
You cannot change the circumstances,
the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself"
- Jim Rohn
Click Here For Success Tip # 021
I keep changing and I see how many things around me stay the same. Hard thing for me I no longer have the protection of dissociation and I feel the hurt, humiliation, and shame at the time of events. Harder to know what to do on the spur of the moment how to cope.
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Great quote - thanks for sharing this Ruth. It's incredibly relevant to something DH and I are dealing with currently.
I have to offer you a hug too, I didn't read your additional comments after the quote until after I posted my response. I can understand why changing is so painful for you: in an ironic way, it's rather like what would happen to someone who stayed the same and watched as everyone else around them changed. (Like, when you look at the fantasy so many people have about staying young forever; being immortal - if you can't age, then all the people you know and love will die around you and eventually you'll be alone.)
The difference with you is that as you grow and change, you'll find new people to surround yourself with who will grow and change WITH you.
I am so sorry that the people you were counting on aren't changing. They're missing out on having a relationship with a you that is much stronger, confident, and thoughtful than the you of your past.
Practice... and I'm not sure that one ever really goes away so much as learning to handle it with grace with time.
Thanks Jonsi and Judy.
I'm constantly amazed and inspired by the changes you have made since I've been following your blog. What made it even more special is that we became friends!
If there are folks in your life that can't keep up, that's their loss not yours.
Love, P/M
Thanks P/M
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