I have found myself in a new and wonderful place lately. I think I have finally found the magic and peace I have been looking for all of my life. Where did it come from and how did I find it you may ask? Well, I found it simply by chance in a book.

I haven't always felt such contentment in my life. I came from a single parent family and only met my father when I was 17. My Mother struggled with depression,alcolholism and mental illness. My older sister of a different Dad became a teenage Mother like our own Mother was.
And I, I did exactly what I was supposed to do and hoped if I was perfect it would be enough to change my Mother. And then one day in the height of her manic/depressive episodes I decided to not give a (bleep) anymore and I slowly started down my own path of destruction. I stayed on that path for about two years and revisited it now and then through my early twenties.

Somehow, someway I managed to graduate high school and get into college and was finally going somewhere right? Well, it was short lived and I dropped out my second year. (I only just realized now that I had already assumed I would fail and so I did)
I found some help in books and al-anon. I became and avid reader of Melody Beattie and learned a lot about myself through counseling as I tried to make peace with the anger I had for my Mother. Eventually, I did forgive her and was able to put it behind me and move on with my life in a better direction. I married a wonderful man and started my own family. The true height of my forgiving heart came only after I had my own children and sadly she passed.

Now where am I going with all of this you are wondering as you read. I think I have a lot of insight to share and have been given many "gifts" in my lifetime as Wayne Dyer might say.
I want to share with all of you the journey I am partaking. This new found inner peace that has enveloped my soul makes my heart sing and my soul dance with joy! I wish everyone could feel the way I feel!
So if you are interested in finding more joy and peace in your life I think what I have to say may interest you. This is My Story-my Life. Join me on my Journey.