Newly separated...spouse left, 4th thread

[antlers]

Holy mackeral! Here's some good stuff that I picked up on this board just a while ago...

How much do you try to read into every word and action your wife makes? Your every move is being watched by your W. You won't get any feedback from her for a while. You are making the changes for yourself so enjoy learning and thriving under tough conditions. You can handle it. - Coach


And SP posted the following good stuff...

Eleanor Roosevelt: "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." [The only way past The Fear is through The Fear.]

Louisa May Alcott: "I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship." [Love this one! You can't learn to cope until there's a reason to cope!]

Marcus Aurelius: "If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." [Yeah! I make myself afraid! I can UNmake myself afraid, too! Old Marcus had serious mojo.]


The trick is to APPLY this knowledge to our lives!