Sorta OT: The Glass is Half-Full
The Glass is Half-Full
I haven’t posted much lately, mostly due to being so busy, so engaged with every aspect of my life in a thinner, healthier body. For example, over the past 4 weeks I have ridden my bike nearly 200 miles, the vast majority of which has occurred between home and the commuter train station, with a few trips to the grocery store on the weekends. By turns it has been cold, wet, dry, icy, sunny, semi-warm, windy, calm, dark, light, moonlit, bright, gloomy, foggy, and on and on. I have relished every bit of it, this unsettled time of transition from winter into spring.
So, too, the past several months have been a transition period for me. I am still prone to mood swings, still oversensitive, still challenged by the need to make good food choices most of the time, but I have made some semblance of peace with the direction I have taken things in my personal and professional lives. That growing sense of inner peace is a reflection of finally feeling most days that I am OK with me, the man I have become on this WLS journey. I am not perfect or anywhere close to that ideal, but I am OK. To be sure, I have made mistakes, not always treated everyone with the dignity and respect they deserved, made poor food choices occasionally, been more self-absorbed than I need to be long-term, etc., etc. However, I have largely forgiven myself for those things, stopped looking over my shoulder constantly at what I could have done better and focused instead on making my way forward, striving to be vigilant about managing my physical and emotional health as I actively seek out the glass is half-full parts of life.
RP
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