One Foot in Front of the Other

[BeingMe]

Just an observation (not on any particular sitch ... just in general) ....

I think what I miss the most from 'how it used to be' is the feeling of being safe within the confines of the M .... knowing that you can tell your H anything, and it will be received with kindness and empathy. Somehow, that was lost, and when we're in Piecing mode, there is that feeling of fragility ... that the softest breath could blow it all up. So, one tends to tip-toe around certain issues, skirt controversy, try and ignore one's fears, gulp down any low-level offenses, and so on, while still maintaining a PMA, and taking it one day at a time. Sometimes, we fail to see the small, positive steps, until we look back over the months, and see how far we have come (that is one of my tendencies, anyway).

I have no advice for you, Aud, just know that I understand where you're at, and where you are hoping to go, and I think you are doing brilliantly, and living the CTR principal. I got this today in my email:

"Because of Christ there is hope smiling brightly before you, and you need not worry too much about sickness, death, poverty, or other afflictions. The Lord will take care of you. Your responsibility is to keep the commandments, feast upon the words of Christ, and stay in the path to your heavenly home."

--Julie B. Beck, "There Is Hope Smiling Brightly before Us", Ensign, May 2003, 103

Take care!