I Will Survive

From: Journey Through Womanhood- Meditations From Our Collective Soul by Tian Dayton, Ph.D.

I feel determined to survive and thrive in this stage of life, determined to reinvent my life so that it feels as terrific at this stage as it has for the past two decades. I need to marshal my inner forces and re-center myself, I need to find my rhythm. I postponed so much of my own life, put aside so much of my own self to let the needs of others come first. Now it is my turn to tune in and find out what works for me–what brings me pleasure and satisfaction. My ability to see life from a spiritual perspective is a gift. It allows life to vibrate with meaning and purpose. It illuminates a deeper perspective on ordinary events. Each day I take the best attitude that I can muster toward my own life. Because I know I will one day lose my life, I am able to appreciate it as a gift.

I am grateful for this new day.

“If you wish to life, you must first attend your own funeral.” –Katherine Mansfield, in Antony Alpers

Melody Beattie on Commitment

Commitment

Have you ever made a commitment and immediately realized you’d made a mistake? It was more than just cold feet. You had promised to do something you knew you couldn’t do.

One of the challenges with commitments is human error. We change our mind. It could be that we didn’t think things through. Or maybe one commitment we made interfered with another important pledge. For instance, if we’re married to someone who is on a destructive path, our commitment to that person might interfere with the commitment we’ve made to our children and to ourselves.

The idea of committing is often easier than fulfilling the commitment itself. Many of the things we commit to, such as raising children, require hard work.

CHALLENGE: The hard thing about commitments isn’t making them. It’s following through. Commitments require consideration–which ones to make, which ones to break, which ones to complete. It’s serious business, this commitment thing.

52 Weeks of Conscious Contact: Meditations for connecting with God, Self, and Others by Melodie Beattie