We have found ourselves time warping to the end of the year again as we approach Christmas week. Where does it go and how have you spent your time over the past year? Do you feel accomplished and satisfied with how you have utilized your precious days? Would you consider your life full of life, wonderful people, fantastic memories to reminisce on later? How do you receive your gifts at Christmastime and it is really even about the objects wrapped up in pretty paper and topped off with curly bows?
There are people in the world who all too often allow their current position to define who they once were and limit who they are capable of becoming. Some people are conditioned to remain the victim just because they had traumatic events in the past they haven't yet dealt with and realized they can overcome it. Sometimes we choose the easier emotion to release on to others: anger. Anger lets us excuse our pain from being processed and take the blame out on others rather than dealing with it inside ourselves. But how many people do we hurt when we start lashing out our pain onto others that could otherwise be spared the bad vibes?
You have to take accountability for your own feelings, thoughts, actions. NOBODY IS PERFECT! It is real to be flawed, it is unnecessary to make your problems somebody else's just because you don't know how to handle your flaws yet. You have to be the one to become aware of yourself and your impact on other people's lives, especially when you have children who look to you for guidance. You were dealt a hand in life--you can choose to make a difference with it, or just hold on to the same shitty cards for the whole game. You have to see your vision to become your reality.
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