Day 67 – “There are no mistakes, just lessons to be learned.”

When I was writing my last journal entry before I left the Walker Center I wrote a summary of what I’d learned; not just the head knowledge stuff, I have plenty of that, but learned deep in my heart. I want to share them here.

When I’m sincere and I ask for help I will eventually, if not immediately, find the help I need.

When I’m vulnerable and share some part of my experience that I would never dream of sharing in normal civilian company, some addict says that it was just like that for them – and we both heal.

I can be completely myself AND people will love me. Not one or the other.

Trying new things increases my optimism.

Falling in love and falling in bed are not the same. Love requires honoring the object of one’s affection. I fell in love a lot in that 28 days and been grateful for every one of them.

I can take “Not give up on myself” off my list of goals on 43things.com. I’ve succeeded at that. I might add “Practice trusting your higher power.”

Gratitude and misery cannot reside in me at the same time. If I’m suffering the fastest way out is gratitude.

And when all is said and done, there really is “no day but today.”