Self Care Means Not Waiting To Be Happy!
I have spent most of my life, waiting to be happy. I now see that as a mistake. I was believing something that I was telling myself, that really was not true. I no longer need to be fooled by my old ways of thinking and reacting to life. If I wait until certain conditions are met, before I allow myself to feel good about my life, then with things such as autism or others beyond my control, I condemn myself to be eternally sad, living each day with an attitude of disappointment. I no longer want to waste my time living like that. I no longer place ultimatums on life, myself and those I love and care about. I accept life exactly as it is today. I accept, love and cherish others and myself exactly as we are right now. Nothing needs to change in order for me to be "OK" and in order for me to "feel good". I am powerless to control whether or not my children are affected by autism. I am powerless to control reality as it presents itself right now. My happin