LTD I love this!
I think this is exactly the point I wanted to make with my "as we think, so we are" post on another thread. It truly is all in how we look at life. It is a choice I make everyday when I wake up. Today is going to be a good day, and I am going to be happy with myself. Notice the focus is on me, not anyone else. Sure, it's nice to make others feel good, but my main priority is that I live each day being the person I am most proud of.
I've now been married and (almost) divorced twice. I can look at it as a huge red flag for any future possibilities, or I can look at it as learning lessons that although painful to go through, were exactly what I needed to grow and mature as a person. Who cares what others may think? I don't.
Onward and upward - the world is limitless in it possibilities! I have the same dreams I had 5 years ago when I met my alcoholic. I can easily go back to those dreams and make them come true.
As we think, so we are.
Peace,
~T