A few things happened this week that made me realize that I've grown up a bit in the past year.

There were a few incidents that occurred and, instead of being as furious as I would have been before, I was saddened. However; I did a lot of thinking about these happenings on an individualized basis, and I came to the same conclusion about each circumstance-- I decided that it's "O.K".

Funny as that sounds, that's a huge step for me! Anger has ruled a lot of my reaction in years past and I'm happy that I was able to basically pass over that emotion this week. I was affected, yes, but it only took me a little while to view the situation(s) from afar and to realize that I am happy in my life and that these peripheral instances were only a blip on the bigger screen of my life. It seems that I've finally "got it": As long as I'm happy with myself and with the life I have, the other stuff can just fall away...

I'm sure I'm going to continuously be tested, but I tried putting myself and my family first this week (as I've constantly been working on for the past few years!) and I found that the anger I felt towards others didn't last because I just didn't care as much as I thought I did. I'm not sure what changed, but I'm glad that my heart seems to be catching up with my head!