Almost every day, I wake up, have some coffee, then choose two cards from a deck of Grace to help point me in a positive direction.  Then I pray, lately using these 6 parameters: 1. Gratitude 2.Awareness 3. Significant Moments 4. Peace 5. Freedom 6. Others.  After that, I use an app on my phone to do a directed meditation by Oprah and Deepak Chopra.  Most of the time I exercise, either running, interval training, weight lifting, sit ups, or walking.  Two days a week since January I have attended Yoga classes in Tunkhannock.

Today, during all of this wonderful self care, I was thinking about my belief system, how did I get here?  How did I get to this place in my life since I came from abuse, despair, alcoholism, violence?  I thought about all the people that had helped along the way.

One of the ways that I made a good home for the girls was by reading a book, over and over again by Sarah Ban Breathnach  called "Simple Abundance".  It was a day by day, season by season book of how to live a fuller life.  I used this book again to find my bearings after my sister died.  I think the book is over 20 years old now, and I believe I would still find it useful.  The last time I stayed with Augusta, when Elowen was born, I inadvertently left the book at her house.  This morning, I briefly thought about getting a second copy since Augusta expressed an interest in keeping it, then I thought to myself, maybe I can write something positive and uplifting for myself.  Every day.  It would be thoughtful, but also full of things to do to celebrate the days in a week, in a month.  Just for me,  for no one else's eyes.  That thought filled me with excitement.  Maybe I can write the next chapter, the next year for myself.  I can use Sara's ideas that I remember, it doesn't matter if I do since this is purely for me.  I think I will do it here, online,  rather than in my journal, my journal is more of a personal place of prayer and a record of that self care journey that I mentioned before.

What this will be is not a record, but a discovery, a process of finding new things that enrich life.
Let's see how this develops....