Going walking with P. this morning. We've been doing that on and off for the last couple months. I enjoy time with her, she's a wonderful person. Walking gives us time to catch up on the news of each other's lives.
Last time we walked we got onto the subject of my childhood, I revealed more than I'm comfortable with now. I won't go there anymore. I want to leave those memories behind.
The events of those years have a part in who I am now but I am not defined by them. I have made a decision to be so much more than that. What I was called and�that I was abused and�abandoned does not keep a hold on me. I am able to realize that it was and is�me that decides everyday how I want to be as a person. It's always me that putting one foot in front of the other. I am proud of most of my choices and choose to learn from the one's that weren't the best.
I have some real good people that tell me the truth. I've been told that it's amazing that I've been able to create the life I have after coming from where I did. I see it as nothing more than choices, choices everyday. The AA groups say "Do the next right thing", I loved that the first time I heard it and I live by it. I think we all know what the right thing is and we make choices whether or not to value ourselves enough to do it.�I taught my kids that when they respect themselves, others will.�It's pretty simple really but I think we let drama distract us from our long term goal of happiness.
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