Tell Us: Which Lesson from 2011 Will You Bring Into 2012?
Jan 3 2012 in Denise's Blog, Tell Us by Denise
Over the weekend, I did a mini review of 2011. I wondered: What did I learn that will help make 2012 different?
My biggest takeaway from 2011? Worrying wastes my time. (I still worry but I’m trying to remember that it really wastes my time.) The worrying just adds more stress when I’m already stressed. Rather than worry, I’m much better off when I take action or ask for help or accept a reality. More important, instead of worrying, I can choose to trust and believe that solutions exists. I may not see the solutions today, but I can trust I will know them tomorrow.
I’d love to know: Which lesson did you learn in 2011 that you will bring into this year? Please share yours in our comments section below. We’ll choose a winner to receive Take Time, A Journal and Journey Toward Greater Happiness During an Unhappy Time (Caregiving). And, congrats to Janet, who won Take Comfort, the CD set and book, for sharing her six-word wish for 2012. (Update: Oops! Janet already won Take Comfort, the CD set and book, so she’ll receive a copy of Take Time. Connie will receive Take Comfort, the CD set and book. Congrats to Janet and Connie.)
Resources
–Our free webinar will take place on Wednesday, January 4, at 11 a.m. CT (Noon ET, 9 a.m. PT). We’ll take about how to give yourself a chance in 2012. To join the webinar, just come back to the website at 1 a.m. CT (Noon ET, 9 a.m. PT) on January 4.
—Need help setting resolutions for 2012? You can listen to last year’s webinar, Seven Ways to Make 2011 Your Most Special Year, for ideas. You can listen to the archive here.
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Jane said on January 3, 2012
I think that the biggest lesson that I learned was that you can’t judge a book by its cover and things aren’t what they always appear to be. I was and still am a very judgmental person ( I have gotten much better). I think that Nicole’s illness has really started turning that around for me. I see how people don’t get how sick Nicole is just because she looks well. Just because someone who has a handicap decal parks in a handicap spot and they look “fine” and can walk etc. doesn’t mean that they don’t have a health issue that is “invisible” like Nicole’s.
Hugs:o)
Jane ~ mom to Nicole, 17 yo, VSD, PAH, Eisenmengers, BHJS
“If you don’t like something change it, if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.”