Indications

Since I've had this blog I have always talked about how I want to change this and that. I think I have slowly but surely made changes in an effort to grow, learn, and constantly improve. How I know I have changed:

1. While I have judged some of my friends in the past, I have not wished them ill will or ever said "eff ____".
2. I understand that people think and process things in a different way than I do. I know that if someone says something that *I* consider sharp, "they" might not mean it the same way I would if I said it.
3. I have less confrontations with those around me.
4. I have shut my mouth on so many occasions where normally I would have been bolstering about.
5. Dane and I almost never argue any more.
6. I am not in such a hurry all the time.
7. I don't feel the need to plan everything out.
8. I don't have to control things anymore.
9. I have learned to let go of negative self-talk and negative talk from those around me. (But in truth, this is SO hard!! I have always concerned myself with what other people think about me. Add to that my burning desire to always be a good, alturistic person and you can see why I take negative comments to heart. In the past it has been very difficult for me to take on criticism. The more I stewwed on the negative, the more I worried about becoming what I didn't want to be or seen as, the more I became it! It was like a self-fulfilling prophecy or perpetuating the cycle!! Lately though, I've learned how to create value out of negative talk: I consider the source, think deeply about what was said, make mental notes, and then translate the negative words into positive ones so that I can make the best out of what was said.)
10. I know that I have a long LLLOOONNNGGG way to go!

Above all, I am doing pretty good, and I've just started!