How bold are you ?

@laken02 (3065)
United States
January 17, 2013 4:38pm CST
in the past few weeks , things in my life have been going great, in every aspect excluding my family who no longer claim me and i can do nothing about ..so i decided not to look back or let that affect me or my life.. i have found a new spark in me , im 42 and feeling better the i have ever in my life.. i have made new friends and reconnected with some old as well.. i wake up in a good mood almost every day and look forward to what new things life has to offer me.. i use to be sad and lonely and played the part well , now i feel like i have something to offer to life and no longer ask what life has to offer me. i have found a good me , one i can love and be comfortable with.. i started on this journey new finding and replacing things in my life i no longer needed.. but it took me being bold enough to try something new.. since that day i have been happy ever since.. now i have things in my life that matter, and people who care for me and love me for who i am.. in the last few weeks or so i have done things i never thought i would do before and actualy liked it.. before i hated trying somethign new , or taken chances in life too afraid to get hurt, either physicaly or emotionaly . .. so i kinda just let life pass me by.. day by day i did the same ol thing .. not even caring if i lived or died.. i looked back at 2102 and all the hurts it brought in my life, my grandson dying, my family keeping me from my mom, struggling to pay the bills,and my divorce from a 10 year marriage.. so in 2013 i made a promise to myself not to look back at the bad things in the past espically those i can do nothing about.. but to look forward and strive to be a better person.. and not to try and change anyone but myself.. i have always loved to write , and have found that to be very satisfiying and helpful in my new journey.. and found myself to be very good at it.. i have a new circle of people in my life , and enjoying new things as well.. because i was bold enough to try something new.. i gained new courage and strenght and now i feel like im a new person becasue of it.. (i prefer not to share that here.). i was just curious as to if other people , are bold enoguh to try something new that u would never do before .. is there something you would love to do in life but for some reason have not .. would u ever be bold enough to do it .. or is it just a dream .. .
3 responses
• United States
23 Jan 13
Congratulations for paving a new life for yourself. I'm also forging ahead with my new life also as a volunteer educator. I was so depressed a few months ago that I didn't want to continue living if there was nothing left for me to do. Now I have a calling on my life that is proving to be even more rewarding than 20 years of nursing. I fell in love with teaching the very first day, which was today. Who knew that this is what my life has been missing.
@911Ricki (13588)
• Canada
19 Jan 13
You are exactly right, we are not here to please everyone else, we are here to please ourselves. I use to be the same way, and all I did was work, and try to please everyone else. Now I do it for myself, and make my descisions for myself. I set some goals for 2013, I want to further my education, work on my career or even jobs, and move out and buy a modular home.
@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Jan 13
It sounds like you have a good philosophy on life. I often found journaling very helpful in bad times and good. I have set goals for myself and attained them. Have felt very good about it too. I once wanted a job at a certain company. I applied and went to take the test. I passed it and got the job. I was so proud of myself. Then my mother fell ill and I had to quit the job and take a part time one so I could take care of my mother. I think that things happen for a reason.