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The transition back remains steady. Considering that I was moving from a long stay campsite to a homestead, the personal part of the transition was more like coming home. I might can call it done. Now to maintain. For me, maintenance is always the hard part for this road geek... I like the set up before I hand the grind of it over to a more steady soul... My habitual anxieties and yaddahs continue to bubble and flow, but I seem to be doing well at channeling them in harmless directions. The bees had the harder move and we even lost a colony in the shock of it. At last inspection, the other 5 hives were handling it well.
And now the share. Just for the heck of it...
Today's "Courage to Change" reading, softly edited to add the harmonies of my personal needs of my current day:
"Sometimes I think that, because I've been in therapy for a long time, I shouldn't have any more problems. When difficulties do arise, I feel something is wrong with me or with the program.
Actually, in some ways I have more problems than ever. When I started into therapy (1972) I had only one problem: I didn't know how to fix the world. My life was completely in shambles, but I swore that I was fine. Today I know that I can't fix anyone but myself and I challenge myself daily to seek a richer, more meaningful life. I'm taking risks, facing fears, making changes, speaking up, making myself available to life.
I'm bound to run into snags here and there. Sometimes life doesn't follow my blueprint. I get overwhelmed and want to crawl under the covers and hide. At such a time it helps to remember that therapy doesn't take away problems, but it does give me the courage and insight to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones.
Today's Reminder
In handling my difficulties, what's important isn't how much time I have in therapy but how willing I am to implement the tools of recovery. While therapy doesn't grant immunity from problems, it does offer a healthy way to deal with them.
'Troubles are often the tools by which the cosmos fashion us for better things.' ~H.W.Beecher
And now the share. Just for the heck of it...
Today's "Courage to Change" reading, softly edited to add the harmonies of my personal needs of my current day:
"Sometimes I think that, because I've been in therapy for a long time, I shouldn't have any more problems. When difficulties do arise, I feel something is wrong with me or with the program.
Actually, in some ways I have more problems than ever. When I started into therapy (1972) I had only one problem: I didn't know how to fix the world. My life was completely in shambles, but I swore that I was fine. Today I know that I can't fix anyone but myself and I challenge myself daily to seek a richer, more meaningful life. I'm taking risks, facing fears, making changes, speaking up, making myself available to life.
I'm bound to run into snags here and there. Sometimes life doesn't follow my blueprint. I get overwhelmed and want to crawl under the covers and hide. At such a time it helps to remember that therapy doesn't take away problems, but it does give me the courage and insight to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones.
Today's Reminder
In handling my difficulties, what's important isn't how much time I have in therapy but how willing I am to implement the tools of recovery. While therapy doesn't grant immunity from problems, it does offer a healthy way to deal with them.
'Troubles are often the tools by which the cosmos fashion us for better things.' ~H.W.Beecher
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I did the dumbest thing today. I charged my earbuds, unplugged the block and put the block in my little bag instead of the earbuds. I wasn't happy about that when I got to the gym. What a dummy!
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Ever since I stopped doing therapy because of insurance, I've been feeling that old tense and irritable sense of anxiety and stress. I hate that. I was making so many strides and changes during therapy, my therapist would acknowledge all of my progress and accomplishments, and I miss that reassurance. Today I thought about it, and I made those changes! She would always tell me that I chose to...
Warm hugs
Thank you for having the courage to share.
As for the maintenance... Sigh... A crazy old gypsy does what a crazy old gypsy's gotta do, but the road still calls. Maybe that road would be a river system in this case.