Accept it-Change it-or forget it.

I found the same pair of eyeglass frames on eBay..for less than I paid originally. Now next week I can take in the frames and have them re-do my prescription (into the same style frames I lost). Hooray! I really liked those glasses..and now I can have them back again. :)

Imagine how it would be to go through this entire day without ever thinking of yourself.
Think of all the concerns that would suddenly drop away.
You’d be free to speak and act without worrying about what others would think.
Your courage would soar because you’d be completely immune to fear and rejection.
There would be no time wasted in being angry or taking offense or worrying.
The limitations you’ve placed on yourself would completely disappear.

Just think of how much you could accomplish.
Just think of the possibilities you could fulfill.
Just think of the clear and refreshing sense of freedom it would bring.

The fact is, you can do it today. You can indeed be free of your own limitations,
free from useless anger, worry, and despair.
Decide to expand your focus beyond those familiar old self concerns which hold you down.
Lose yourself in your own positive possibilities,
and see what great things you can make happen today.

Copyright Ralph S. Marston, Jr. Used by permission. From The Daily Motivator® at www.dailymotivator.com

I liked em..they were bright chrome. Hope whoever found them looks nice in them.

my fault. I am such an idiot. I left them in the bathroom at an Oregon State Park! They have not been turned in.

lessons learned:
1. Those glasses were too expensive to begin with. WHY did I insist on those designer frames! Next time, lenscrafters all the way.
2. If EVER I do get another pair of wonderful glasses..do NOT take them frickin frackin camping.
3. oh, yeah..accept it and forget it. sigh

“What you do not change, you choose”. Yessir! ......sometimes not doing anything IS the appropriate response and sometimes it is not!

I actually thought about making it one of my goals..you know “beat my depression”. Well, there are a couple of things wrong with that idea. Number one I just hate calling it “my” depression (though it is obviously no one else’s). “my” depression sounds so intimate..like I agree depression is part of who I am (and it obviously is..I just don’t like to see it in print). Secondly, I know first hand I can not “beat it”. I can consider managing it or controlling it. Beating it…? haven’t “beat it” in over 50 years. Not likely to “beat it”.

Rather than make it a big headliner goal I will put it here within Accept it-Change it-or Forget it..since depression is definitely something one can do something about.

I woke up this morning just so sad! I took an Rx I had from awhile ago…(I’ll take the other one tomorrow..the more effective one from before, I forgot I had it). Antidepressants don’t seem to work properly on me but I may as well give it another chance. I hesitate to think about talk therapy..seems so silly to me.

I do like all Albert Ellis’ books so I will get one of those out today. I don’t “accept” depression…I want to live life with gusto and zest. These are decisions. I’m going to address this.. (alright…”my”) depression.

I’ve accepted a whole bunch of stuff without too much teeth gnashing. This week I am working on changing some things! I am changing my paperwork..setting up a “trusted system” for retrieving paper and following up.

but not enough. Also what I did lose is starting to creep back on. Accepting that I can’t eat like Dave does and like I used to.

this goal is close to “facing things that need to be faced”.
I have been concentrating on the under 200 dollar cat sitter issue and neglecting the MUCH larger ($$$$$) problem with lawyer #2 issue.

Think I’ll go eat some pie.

I have been “wronged” (in my opinion) by two people in recent history. One was a lawyer who took my retainer and ignored me despite my really PRESSING court case. I got another lawyer and I complained to the State Bar. (He literally stole money from me, taking money and doing NOTHING). Now I have finally gotten his reply to my complaint to the Bar (which laughably is from ANOTHER attorney…representing the attorney!) Naturally he refutes each and every one of my complaints and “spins” it all to fit HIS version (no surprise there). I need to figure out my next move.

The 2nd situation involves a Pet Sitter. Did you know that Pet Sitters/boarders are apparently not regulated by any governing body? Well, the closest I could find to a statute was from the Department of Agriculture. Could find no help online. I want my deposit back (for an additional stay I had contracted for before I determined she did not provide adequate service). I think I deserve to have it back, based on the condition of the pets I left in her care when I picked them up. So..both these issues require deliberation on my part about what I am going to do accept-wise, change-wise or forget-wise.

We all want to be “right” and I am no exception. BUT how much energy do I want to devote to these things? I am out a total of nearly $700 and of course there is the matter of my time. I could have painted ten paintings minimum in the time it has taken me to craft my complaints.

Accept, change or forget? Accept, change or forget? Accept, change or forget? I’m mulling.