Yesterday's post sparked some interesting emails and conversations with my friends.. Thank you!! I love good discussions and the insights they bring. I have such wise friends. It does remind me we are all in this together...

Mixed emotions today. I am so much more at peace today.. . still a little unsettled though when thinking about the hurt that I've caused with my bad temper. However, I can't change the past. All I can do is be thankful that I had the ephinany, grovel for forgiveness to the ones that matter, and from this day forward look at the world differently. I think I can do that, I just needed my eyes opened.

Isn't that rather an analogy for so many things in life? We just need to open our eyes.. the eyes to our inner self and open our hearts? I am grateful to those eye-openers in my life. My eyes have been opened to many things over the past decade, am I done yet? I don't know if we ever get "done", it's part of the journey.

For example, why is it so much easier for me to forgive others, but not myself? Why don't I give myself the same consideration I would for someone I loved? While I am easier on myself now than I have ever been, I can still really beat myself up for things. Things that I would have forgiven a friend for quickly.

Today I am glad I have been shown a new truth about myself. Something that needs to be improved, and will be. I very much regret the cost it had, inflicting needless pain upon others.

Today I want to start learning to forgive myself more quickly, without beating myself up for some extended period of time first.

And, my daily thanks for having so many people in my life who care about me and look out for me. We have great collective strength!