Man words can't describe this experience as I'm sure those of you with children will agree. Just an amazing experience.
It is hard to believe where my life is today and how fulfilling it is considering when I came here and the shape I was in.
Coming back here now and reading and posting makes me remember that this is always work. You never stop growing.
I find things in my life, opportunities to grow every day. And being here with you all helps keep me stay focused on that goal.
This community is very special. Nowhere IRL do I find a concentration of people who possess the life wisdom and healthy perspectives to navigate through life.
Some digging I've been doing lately...
Learning how to not put responsibility for my feelings on others. Blaming others for how they make me feel.
The most powerful part of this is when I get down to owning the emotion like anger it usually means I'm really feeling that with myself then I need to find the weed that caused it and yank it out.
Learned these tools right here.
This has been especially hard to reconcile with my parents as this dynamic has been in place for my whole life.
And it cuts the other way too. I am trying to be mindful not to let others make ME responsible for THEIR feelings.
As a recovering fixer/rescuer this is very good progress and powerful in my life.
I think I will start another thread and keep tilling the soil....
My goal is to some day be the person my dog thinks I am
