Milestones or Steps Completed! Share and Celebrate Here :)
Congratulations! You made it to the next level on your growth path. Share with us the #1 thing you learned on this leg of your journey!
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Ive reached step 50! Ive learned that we often describe our struggles or lives in general in terms of metaphor. Sadness = a deep pit, worries = a neverending spiral, etc. Learning to view our lives through positive and empowering metaphors rather than hopeless ones can help a lot! For instance, I used to think about my life as a flatlining reading on a heart monitor. But now I try to think about it as a path that I can only see a small part of at a time.
@GimmeTheMuffins
Woohoo on step 50! Thats awesome! And wow, I do love that input! Its quite true that we look at life through negative metaphors. And another one I have for your flatline reading metaphor- there might be minuscule spikes upwards that you dont see if you dont actively look close enough. xx
@GlenM that I can be in control of my feelings if I want to
@LittleEm997
We are the only ones who can control ourselves. We control our emotions, not the other way around xx
I'm at 50 steps. I've learned to slow down and let myself be gentle with myself.
@FawnWoods Good! I am working on those, too.
Some people do know what youre going through.
@lovingBanana5204 that
@dreamerloverandfriend Yes. Thanks for replying :)
Im learning that I need to train my brain, like any other muscle, to change. Its not easy, takes time, and there are times of failure but eventually I can improve.
@SafeCamp18 wonderful! It has taken some time for me to rewire my brain too. Its undoing over a decade of emotional manipulation and its hard! But I see u
Im at 100 steps and now learning how to cope with chronic pain
@Gigi626 i think I
I'm at step 70! Taking it step by step really helps and I am learning how to gain some control of my life back. It's not easy path but who said life is easy!
@courageousone gaining control is so hard! Especially when you
@GlenM I learned that I have more control than I thought
@silverthewolf2202
We are the controllers! :p in regards to our own life, yes. Like the poem Invictus goes,
I am learning to patient with my growth @GlenM
@quickwittedEyes7087
Slow and steady! It might be slow growth, but it