Here again, experiencing an easy-in blog post…I think I finally got it down and that I am comfortable with the process of getting to my “add post” page! Touche’!!
I feel blessed by my NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) CONNECTIONS group that I join at 10 am every Saturday. Today I found myself expressing that two big words for me at this time are GRATITUDE and PATIENCE, and how they go hand in hand.
I am blessed to have my older brother Greg assisting me with “keeping honest” and not running up my credit card—especially in large amounts, while ignoring that I am riding my limits right now. Greg caught me in a withholding important information recently by putting a $6,000 charge on my credit card—all to be in alignment with a company that was going to be asking me to pay $52,000 this coming year, and as Greg pointed out, was not going to be giving me much in return. So I chose to follow my Brother’s lead and totally divorce myself from the purchase, being unable to get my $6,000 back because of a “no quit clause” in the contract I had signed. Live & Learn!!
I’m grateful that Greg had the confidence in me and the strength of our relationship to allow me to go through my own mental process and in a day come to the conclusion that indeed this was not a business I wanted to do business with.
Gratitude that I have people in place in my life to catch me if I stumble and know me well enough to allow me to GO THROUGH MY PROCESS and come out the other side, in time, with a clear understanding of the situation at hand. Gratitude for the safety net of loving people in my life, even when I encounter some tricky waters where my ability to reason may be hampered—because of what looks like such a winning situation. Gratitude that I have a God on my side, viewing me with kind eyes and a light touch, to move me into healthy territory as I travel down this road of life.
My cat in roaming around on the keyboard of my tabletiocdfvxqRT%…and is motioning to me to end this blog and give him some attention…so THAT I will do now…Blessings…
Rich