“With everything that happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.”
Wayne Dyer
I have reflected back on this quote many times over the past few years. I sometimes wonder if the author was a single parent? Over the past six years I have been through living with an alcoholic, a broken marriage, interventions, rehab. centers, a separation, a divorce, the death of my children’s mother, the death of their grandmother, the executor of two estates, an IRS audit (which I won), a failing business, the meltdown of my investments in the stock market, a depreciating home value, raising my kids on my own 24/7, dealing with their grief, anxiety and fear issues and wondering when it will all stop? One thing that I refuse to do is feel sorry for myself. Hell, I don’t have enough hours in the day to feel sorry for myself. I remember that someone once told me that the difference in life between a pessimist and and optimist is really nothing. The optimist just enjoys life more:) I have to say that I have really tried to enjoy life but sometimes it is difficult. When you spend your whole day taking care of, and worrying about everyone else it can wear on you. For as long as I can remember my mom has always told me that “God only puts as much on your shoulders as you can handle.” Now I know why I work out six days a week. My shoulders need the strength. Continue reading »