Ep #162 - Forgiving yourself for an idea you had about your life and then not fulfilling that expectation is an important part of your sobriety and recovery journey. I have experienced the feeling of looking back on my life and beating myself up because I didn't achieve the hopes and dreams I had for myself when I was in high school. Some of you may have gotten into addiction before that even, maybe even middle school or younger, and from there your life went completely off the rails.

Life is what life is. What happens to us, whether because of your own decisions or actions, or because of others seeking to fulfill their needs at your expense, but that was then and this is now. You are older, wiser maybe, but certainly much more capable of knowing better and then choosing wisely from that seat of awareness.

Whatever you expected about or from your life then, that is then, this is now, and now is the time to choose to do better. 

Sit in the fire of uncertainty and then choose to behave in a way that breaks you from the cycle of poor decisions. I choose to not have to ask myself for forgiveness in the future by keeping my word to myself and working my butt off to sit in the seat of uncomfortability in order to move through the undesirable feelings and emotions.

When I do this,  I come out the other side of the emotional surge having accomplished an outcome that resolves what was upsetting me to begin with and creates within me the confidence to know I am capable of so much more than I was back when addiction ruled my life.

Just hit play and let's dive in with our open minds, hearts, and energies bringing everyone into the fold - you are in the right place, at the right time...right now.

It is time. It has been time. To live is to shine. Step into the SUN.

Stand up, step forward, raise your hand - it's your turn, I will call on you.

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