Wish I’d figured that out long ago. Most of my life I lived under the shadow of others expectations. These days I live without expectations. I can’t be disappointed and it’s only me who I have to please!
You’ll get there my friend. I still do stupid stuff with certain people. You fall into habits. I’m learning to care less and not be there for someone who isn’t there for me. It’s hard. It really is.
Keep on keeping on and it’s all one day at a time for sure!
That’s so true its one step at a time and learning to be in love with that step even if it’s far from ‘perfect’ it’s still a step so that’s what matters and makes it fine
I understand this well. I used to be so afraid of not being accepted but I learned that there are many others out there fighting the same battle that I had for so long and you get to the point where you don’t care about looks of surprise or disgust or whatever as life is way too short to be enslaved by that kind of fear. I still enjoy acceptance but I just look for it among sympathetic individuals not Joe Schmoo and his million opinions.