Every Moment That I Am Centered In

Being Myself Includes Taking Risks With Myself, Taking Risks On New Behavior, Trying New Ways Of 'being Myself', So That I Can See Who It Is I Want To Be.

I Sometimes React To Making A Mistake As If I Have Betrayed Myself. My Fear Of Making A Mistake Seems To Be Based On The Hidden Assumption That I Am Potentially Perfect And That If I Can Just Be Very Careful I Will Not Fall From Heaven. But A 'mistake' Is A Declaration Of The Way I Am, A Jolt To The Way I Intend, A Reminder I Am Not Dealing With The Facts. When I Have Listened To My Mistakes I Have Grown.

You Are Only Young Once, But You Can Stay Immature Indefinitely. You Are Only Young Once, Then You Need Another Reason To Act Foolish. You Are The Only Authority On What Is Best For You.

By Approaching My Problems With "what Might Make Things A Little Better?" Rather Than "what Is The Solution?" I Avoid Setting Myself Up For Certain Frustration. My Experience Has Shown Me That I Am Not Going To Solve Anything In One Stroke; At Best I Am Only Going To Chip Away At It.

Today I Acknowledge That I Am Not In Position To Judge What Mistakes Anyone Is Making Or What Lessons Anyone Needs To Learn. I Don’t Know How Far Someone Has Come Or When That Person Will Have A Breakthrough, I Simply Don’t Know What Other People Should Be Doing. But When I Think I Do Know, I Clearly Am Not Doing What I Should Be Doing, Which Is Taking Responsibility For My Own Life.