My State of Mind
Each morning my goal is to have a beautiful day. I remind myself that I am the one that makes my day a good one. Most of the time I am successful. This past month my ‘having a beautiful day’ system had a stress test. A good friend died and in supporting his wife (also a good friend) a lot of memories surfaced from 14 years ago when my husband, my best friend, died and I worked through the grief. A few years later I met Peter who became my ‘significant other’ (surely there is a better term!). We’ve been together for 11 years. I was surprised when I started feeling depressed following my friend’s death. I expected to be sad – not depressed. Staying positive, happy and focused on the good around me became difficult. It took a few days for me to understand why I felt the way I did. I needed to remind myself of a piece I wrote 5 years after my husband died. It is still true for me. ...