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**DesertEyes** · 01-12-2008, 10:48 AM

Great idea!!!

I do something like Ginger's "me time". Once a week I take myself out to lunch, with a good book. The cell is turned off, I get there a little early to get a good table, and just make that time a little "island of serenity" where I unplug from the world and all it's problems. This helps me "Recharge my emotional batteries"

During the week I make it a point to call each one of my recovery friends, just to see how _they_ are doing and listen to _them_. This helps me get out of my own problems.

Every time I get home from work I stop for a minute and just enjoy having a home to come to after work, a job to pay the bills with, a car that runs, and some nice trees across the street to look at from my garage. It's my minute of gratitude for having a life that really is better than anything I ever imagined as a child. This keeps from growing resentments about the stuff that is not going my way in my life.

Before bed I get on my knees and say a prayer for all the people I know who are in pain. This helps me relax before bed, and makes me feel that I have done something useful for them besides just listen to them.

I hang around here and read. This gives me a huge shot of hope and inspiration, cuz I see perfect strangers reaching out to each other to give help and support in a way I have never seen anywhere else in the world. When I have a bit of experience, I share about it as that helps me remember the lessons I would otherwise forget from lack of use.

I take direction from the people I have come to respect, even though sometimes I disagree. I was told by a few of my "support group" that I need to get more rest as I recover from my latest surgery. I _hate_ sitting around resting, I want to be _busy_ and out there in the world living life. But I also know that my own judgement in this area is not always the best, so I have cut back on a lot of my commitments and spending more time in bed.... resting.

I ask for help from people who know more than I do. My lady and I recently went thru a huge crisis with my surgery, and we're both still reeling from the experience. So we're looking for a counselor and get an expert to listen to us and help us get thru this challenge.

Oh yeah, I excercise my body too, and eat healthy. I have a bunch of physical limitations, so I had a nutritionist and a physical therapist help me make a plan. I stick to the plan and do as those experts told me. If all goes well, next month I'll be able to start doing yoga again

Mike

01-12-2008, 10:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
DesertEyes Starting over Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Skin city Posts: 2,485	Great idea!!! I do something like Ginger's "me time". Once a week I take myself out to lunch, with a good book. The cell is turned off, I get there a little early to get a good table, and just make that time a little "island of serenity" where I unplug from the world and all it's problems. This helps me "Recharge my emotional batteries" During the week I make it a point to call each one of my recovery friends, just to see how _they_ are doing and listen to _them_. This helps me get out of my own problems. Every time I get home from work I stop for a minute and just enjoy having a home to come to after work, a job to pay the bills with, a car that runs, and some nice trees across the street to look at from my garage. It's my minute of gratitude for having a life that really is better than anything I ever imagined as a child. This keeps from growing resentments about the stuff that is not going my way in my life. Before bed I get on my knees and say a prayer for all the people I know who are in pain. This helps me relax before bed, and makes me feel that I have done something useful for them besides just listen to them. I hang around here and read. This gives me a huge shot of hope and inspiration, cuz I see perfect strangers reaching out to each other to give help and support in a way I have never seen anywhere else in the world. When I have a bit of experience, I share about it as that helps me remember the lessons I would otherwise forget from lack of use. I take direction from the people I have come to respect, even though sometimes I disagree. I was told by a few of my "support group" that I need to get more rest as I recover from my latest surgery. I _hate_ sitting around resting, I want to be _busy_ and out there in the world living life. But I also know that my own judgement in this area is not always the best, so I have cut back on a lot of my commitments and spending more time in bed.... resting. I ask for help from people who know more than I do. My lady and I recently went thru a huge crisis with my surgery, and we're both still reeling from the experience. So we're looking for a counselor and get an expert to listen to us and help us get thru this challenge. Oh yeah, I excercise my body too, and eat healthy. I have a bunch of physical limitations, so I had a nutritionist and a physical therapist help me make a plan. I stick to the plan and do as those experts told me. If all goes well, next month I'll be able to start doing yoga again Mike __________________ Sunsets are not endings. If I have enough faith, they are beginnings.