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Looking for positive events in a year filled with turmoil because cancers return and a broken heart can be difficult. But I’ll give it a go. However, I will admit, a lot of it would never have happened without talking to a therapist and meditation coach. They have offered so much encouragement along the way and have literally cracked the wall between me and the world I scurried behind after being mentally drained.

Compliments

It all started with a post last January, Finding Joy in Everyday Compliments.

Before writing the piece, I asked friends and followers on Instagram (please follow me there) to submit a compliment. Not knowing what to expect, I was floored with the responses.

In the past I hadn’t given much thought what people cared. After all, most of us are here writing for ourselves. Same holds true with our social posts. Yet I learned something valuable by doing that article. People do care and you should too.

Valentines Day

As Valentines Day rolled around last February, I was fully aware cancer had likely returned. Meaning my life had come full circle to where the grief had begun.

I found myself questioning, ‘Do Romantic Valentines ‘Come at Much Too High a Cost’. I let my followers again decide the fate to that question. But in the end, I found my Valentines. Best part is she was much nearer than I thought, and it had nothing to do with romance at all.

Authenticity

While questioning my existence on social media, I was reminded with the inquiry, ‘Which aspects do you think makes a person unique’.

I realized I am ‘What makes a person unique.’

Chasing Pavements

Chasing Pavements had become the new norm for me. But I was tired and wanted to give up on finding happiness. After all, isn’t that for everyone else, I thought, after losing what was once happy for me.

Words from a therapist. “What matters more is truth, mutual respect, and emotional honesty,” finally talked to my soul rather than my mind.

Poison

It took another therapist for me to learn that ‘Every rose has its thorn.’ And for her I’m eternally grateful for the lessons in ‘Breaking the Cycle of Toxic Relationships.’

It’s easier to look at a rose knowing it can’t draw blood if you no longer grasp at it.

Friends Advice

Everything sounds so easy, but we make if difficult. It took a friend to recall her struggles while crying on a train to feel the truth when she gave me this in ‘Life-Changing Advice from Successful Friends.’

“A man was sitting across from me. He was probably in his early 40’s. At his stop- he stood up and as the doors opened, he leaned over to me and said: “smile, whatever it is, it can’t be that hard.” And just like that-He exited humming the song “Smile” By Nat King Cole.”

Kindness

Although I’m merely being myself, ‘The Impact of Kindness‘ has crept into my life.

I’ve learned life isn’t about just me. It’s about others too. How can I be happy if you’re not? I’ve begun doing my part in life, have you?

These seemingly little events have now turned an upside-down life, right-side up in a years’ time. I’d like to thank all of you for your support along the way.

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