A friend of mine has a great website on boundaries that I revisit often in life. Setting boundaries simply allows a person to let go of what they cannot control and become more aware of what is within us, both good and bad.
After three years of being public with my recovery on-line and in the world (see Glamour, December 2004), it still surprises me that when I visit the statistics on my website and blogs, I realize there are certain people who visit everyday (especially the AOL ones that are visiting several times a day). Every week, there are more and more people who look on my sites for information. And sometimes, it's scary. It makes me rethink my position on being so public with my recovery. And then, I reread my own personal goals and boundaries that I have set for myself and I know that I speak from my heart. And sharing and writing is something that is very honest to me. We can only do what we know and hope that we learn more everyday in life. And we learn from other people. We learn from mistakes. We learn from crossing boundaries and creating them. We learn from being the person we were meant to be and knowing that this may not sit well with everyone, there are so many people who benefit from sharing in life.
And with that, we are able to let go of fear and keep writing and writing and writing.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Friday, May 27, 2005
Quote of the week.
Sticks and stones are hard on bones
Aimed with angry art,
Words can sting like anything
But silence breaks the heart.
~Suzanne Nichols
Aimed with angry art,
Words can sting like anything
But silence breaks the heart.
~Suzanne Nichols
Monday, May 09, 2005
Anger
There are times in my life when I feel such anger that it comes up through my body and sits, ready to be fired out of my mouth. It causes me such distress that I sometimes shutter.
And I feel alone.
And I feel taken advantage of.
And hurt.
And pissed off.
And it is a complete feeling of awareness that something needs to change. Do I change my life completely? What do I need to change to make myself less angry and resentful? What EXACTLY is making me feel these emotions? And how do I continue to be positively constructive when I feel beat down by negativity?
And I feel alone.
And I feel taken advantage of.
And hurt.
And pissed off.
And it is a complete feeling of awareness that something needs to change. Do I change my life completely? What do I need to change to make myself less angry and resentful? What EXACTLY is making me feel these emotions? And how do I continue to be positively constructive when I feel beat down by negativity?
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