From Thoughts to Destiny

thoughts become words
words become actions
actions become habits
habits become character
character becomes destiny
franklin became

Needled

you know you are getting healthy
when you can say

i am uninterested
in allowing you to use my soft ass
as a pincushion for everything
that needles you emotionally

O.K. ... ... Why?

when a person says
i don't want to listen to you any more

that is precisely the point
at which you need to have something intelligent to say

say

O.K. ... tell me ... why?

if the person still refuses to speak to you:

Ask, "Do you know why?" and you had best leave it at that.
Remain present and calm exhibiting great under-standing,
the weaker person will usually walk away.
If the weaker person remains
you need to run in the opposite direction
because you may have sorely misjudged the situation.
Strange folly will ensue.

Being with Whom We Like

we need to spend our lives
with someone or people that we like
beginning with ourselves
for if we hate ourselves
how can we love another
so i think it is vital to one's happiness
that one is able to get to know him/herself
and like being in one's own company
remembering that it is important to balance
time spent alone with time spent with others

Recovering Nicely

my mother and father
they taught me how to shut down
before ever thinking of opening up
and then said
never look back
but i am looking back
and recovering nicely