“Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on yesterdays. “
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

These past few weeks have been a whirlwind for me. Plenty of ups and downs, I've noticed that with this kind of life I have to really work to just get the middle ground. I got away for a little while, and went to visit extended family, which seems to have been the best medicine. Sometimes I just have to get out of the place I associate with myself the most.

I found new strength and hope while I was away. I was given the offer of something huge and life changing. A gift of a Reiki and Theta healing session was presented to me, and after some soul searching and careful contemplation, I decided to take the leap and change my life by changing my way of thinking.

I didn't know what to expect going into my session. I was told to prepare myself for that fact that I would come out from this and feel different. I think that was an understatement. I went in seeking the strength to stand up for myself and make the right choices in my life. I wanted to feel less like a victim, and more like a person with choice. I came out with not only feeling strong and empowered as a person, but more centered and whole. I feel lighter but fuller at once!

After such a positive trip away, I was not sure how I would feel heading back home to real life, but it has been amazing. Despite being like most of us are in the winter, bogged down by bills, snow and stress, I feel infinitely capable of handling all that is thrown my way.

I came home and the next day found out that there had been multiple bank accounts opened around town in my name, even credit cards! I can't even get a credit card as hard as I try, so I don't know how that even happened, but that's irony for you! Before that kind of situation would have automatically led to a week long, showerless, depression camp-out on my living room couch, but not this time!

I'm moving forward, I'm thinking for myself, and I'm doing whatever I have to do to take care of myself. I plan on continuing visits with a theta healer locally, I'm sure that it can only make me stronger, and I don't think you can ever be too strong when living with a drug addicted relative.