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Blessed or Cursed in LIfe?

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sKePTiKal:
Cat:

I started practicing just that thing: finding one good thing in the day to hang on to regardless of whatever else was going on - a while back. This is so very, very simple and useful at the same time because with enough practice, a person starts to realize that those "good things" are always there, all the time and it's us that tunes in or tunes out. It's just as true, that sometimes ya just gotta grieve for the other kinds of things. I like what you said about "you don't gotta live there", too.

I don't think much about whether I'm blessed or cursed, because I think those kinds of definitions render me totally powerless to impact my own emotional states and completely get in the way of simply living my life, best I can. When I can help someone else, I do. When I can yell loud enough to get someone's attention and be heard about correcting injustice - I do. And I try to smile a lot at everyone and treat them like my "phamily"... because we all need that, all the time. And I don't hesitate to physically stop someone from hurting someone else - maybe that makes me a dumb little old lady - but it surprises the perp plenty!!  :)  I'm stronger than I look.

Good on you, Cat for working with those girls. Could've used someone like you 40 years ago...
Big HUGS.

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