Good day for acceptance.

Something good about today. Can't quite put my finger on it, but it's there and it's good. Of course the day can change course at the drop of a hat.

I guess it's that I am not feeling as repressed as I have been.

Physical ailments can be shrugged off but mental blockage has to be torn down. I feel a new freedom with both kids in school. I feel lighter with having another income coming in. More in control? Maybe I can lift my head up and think of things beyond.

I can paint again! I can worry about the world's current events, global warming and what's happening with my New Orleans and it's citizen's.

So many of you have listened to me when I have been in crisis, and as a reward for listening to me complain about life I would also like to share the triumphs with you. For some reason it is harder to find people to share your achievments with than your woes. It's like they scatter to the wind.

What is that about? Is it we don't like to see other people do well? Is that so hard for us to accept? Think about it for a minute. Maybe that's what holds us back. Maybe we waste too much energy in trying to keep up with the "Jones" or trying to belittle a friends achievment that we have none left to propel our own efforts in life.

There's a lot to say for practicing "acceptance".