I am me!

In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. There are persons who have some parts like me, but no one adds up exactly like me. Therefore, everything that comes out of me is authentically mine because I alone choose.
I own everything about me -- my body, including everything it does; my mind, including all its thoughts and ideas; my eyes, including the images of all they behold; my feelings, whatever they may be -- anger, joy, frustration, love, disappointment, excitement; my mouth, and all the words that come out of it, polite, sweet or rough, correct or incorrect; my voice, loud or soft; and all my actions, whether they be to others or to myself.

I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears.
I own all my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes.
Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing I can love me and be friendly with me in all my parts. I can then make it possible for all of me to work in my best interests.
I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other aspects that I do not know. But as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for the solutions to the puzzles and for ways to find out more about me.
However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is me. This is authentic and represents where I am at that moment in time.
When I review later how I looked and sounded, what I said and did, and how I thought and felt, some parts may turn out to be unfitting. I can discard that which is unfitting and keep that which proved fitting, and invent something new for that which I have discarded.
I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do. I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me.
I own me, and therefore I can engineer me.

I am me and I am okay.

Hey you!

Thankful Thursday: Wake up

Sometimes what you really need is right under your nose. So...wake up and smell the roses!!!

I ran this!

Ok..so I sorta did. I am so proud of my little sister. She has been taking charge of her health and running during the winter break. While I was in bed snoozing, she'd get up early and go take a run with her husband. We ran "together" today. I aimed for my 30 minutes of running, she followed her Couch to 5K program. So I didn't run for 30mins...rather, it was more of 2.7 miles in 27mins. Not bad considering I ran for too long and D just had to walk back the trail to find me after she had finished her running C25K program.

Either way, it felt amazing. Running outdoors and in the "wild"..ha! It felt a bit nipply, but my layers actually worked. I hope that I get the motivation to go back out to run tomorrow!

D's First 5K! And she ran it with MRB 2010!

2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
So much has happened...but most importantly..I am officially a "Psychologist" well, at least that's what my job description says I am :) It took a while but the doors finally opened up. The last month has been crazy, but so happy to have a chance at this.

The opportunity to grow was not only given to me but two other friends of mine. One of which ended up moving away :(...but on a good note, more of a reason to travel north to see her! I miss you G!

Hubby and I welcome 2012 partying the night away...the following day, it was not much of a party, but we are starting the new year with a bang....only better things for us to come!

Love What You Do

Today, Steve Jobs, Apple founder passed away. In reading through all of the news articles, I came across this which gives me hope for what I'm going through now.

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on."