Great posts.
NT - Predicting the future has been so stifling for my personal development. I have coerced myself into choices that I thought looked right, even though they felt wrong. I've compared myself to others. In recovery, I've found it helpful to accept and appreciate my circumstances. My life is an intensely personal journey, and somewhat impossible to compare to another person's.
For all my philosophical musings, I've been struggling lately. I'm not happy with the status quo, as I've shared ad nauseum over the past several months, but I'm finding myself becoming more focused on predicting the outcome of my journey than with actually having experiences on my journey. I'm thankful like crazy to recovery for illuminating these underlying patterns.
I'm off to experience eating some popcorn while hanging out with my little guys. Have a good one, Febbies!