Stitching together a new quilt

[TimeHeals]

I think the term used once was 'a stick in the mud'.

This bothers me a bit. Not that it happened in your past, but that you seem to feel there is enough validity to it in your life as a whole that you are compelled to defend yourself when the charge is made.

We can all appear to be "sticks in the mud" sometimes We can all appear to be "stuck" sometimes is another way of putting it.

But I do know I'm tired of feeling like I have to defend that I'm not.

Do what you want to do (within reason and using your principles and morals to define your limits and boundaries, of course).

I might or might not be full of crap (it's a common charge levied against me that I am, and sometimes I am-LOL), but I just don't think hindsight is working for you.

Oh, BTW, next time somebody says you are a stick in the mud, tell them (with a big smile), "My, aren't you just full of complimnets today".

An excercise in controlling your perpective:

1. Spend more time thinking about things (can even be little things) you can do to improve your quality of life. Start small with this if need be. Your fitness program is an excellent example of a place to start. Think about how you can improve it today maybe? You know you better than any of us, so ?

2. Take some time to enjoy things, and do things you enjoy.

3. When you find yourself thinking about the past (hopefully less than half as often as you think about the future and the good things you can accomplish), if you are thinking of something unpleasant, think of something positive in your past instead: something you accomplished, something you are proud of, the good things that have happened to you, etc.

If I am full of crap, this won't help

I am thinking it cannot hurt.