Character, Faith, and Patience II

[JR2007]

789, I think I see where you're going with your post, and I agree to a certain extent. However, think about this - why do you HAVE to have someone to go do things with? Think about it for a while...

We do it because humans a social animals, but haven't we become TOO dependent on other people? Isn't that kind of why we are where we are? I know I am, I got co-dependent and couldn't leave my W alone for a day or two to gather her thoughts.

Now, we feel so badly about our situations, because we feel (to differing degrees) that we can't get along without our W's.

I've come to realize I don't NEED my W to be happy and to do things. I still WANT her with me because I value her as a person, and I value my family. THAT is why I'll be sticking around for however long it takes. People like Amy (and MANY others) who have been at this for years show us it's possible and that positive things can happen, but it is HARD! WE have to be ready to fight.

Here's a quote I found today that I think is very appropriate:

To LIVE is the rarest thing in the world...

Most people exist, that is all.

- Oscar Wilde

So, are we going to live, or are we going to exist? We live as individuals, we determine our own fate within our own belief system. If we show our W's that we're living and not just existing, that is attractive! That is something they'll want to be a part of.

Me, I'm available to my W if she wants to save our family. Me, I'm living, I'm not letting another day pass me by without some sort of uplifting experience - whether is be spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, whatever. And I'm going to get my journal going full steam again to remember all the things that I do to live.

We can do it guys, we can do it - we just have to LIVE!