Competing interests
…The things in your life that you consider important do change and you have to be careful that they don’t end up really being someone else’s interests and not your own…
Listening
…I was talking to a friend who said to me, do we really listen to that voice or is it ignored? I will let you know at some times in my life I have ignored that voice and sometimes I have been given a big hit upside the head. As my mom would say, “when you don’t hear you will feel.” …
Plans
…Planning isn’t trying to control everything but trying to have things in place and ensuring you can mitigate as many risks as possible. …
Worrying
I’m learning how to continue to plan for everything but separate it from worrying about what might happen. It takes a while to get to the stage where we just let things go and just ride with the flow.
Best days
I had to make myself happy, no one else can. If you push your happiness onto someone else to do for you then you will be surely disappointed. You have to take it a day at a time. That is why your days have to count. How do we make those days count?
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When we allow others to determine what’s right, best and important for us then we lose all self respect and control. You’re not being selfish thinking that what you want is the most important thing for you. You are being kind to yourself.