Creating Wellness, final thoughts

Hi Everyone!
As I look back at my assessment of my psychological, physical, and spiritual well being assessment I think I was fairly optimistic. When I evaluate it through the eyes of where I want to be it seems that I have a long way to go. I would probably rate myself less on a scale of one to ten than I did. Having said that, I would like to add a disclaimer- ratings are useful for somethings but when looking at my life I find they are not as useful to me. I do not want to see my life as a "solid seven" knowing that I have to go all the way to "ten" to achieve my goal. I want to view today as the best today I could have had and to make tomorrow better for myself and for those people I may come in contact with.

I was at breakfast with a friend yesterday, on an outside patio, and he commented, "this would be better if we were..." someplace else. I agreed at first and stopped myself. I don't want to be someplace else, I don't want to wish my life away by thinking about what could be better than having breakfast with my friend, enjoying our conversation and the possibility of the day? What is better than a great time with a great friend?

If I were forced to rate myself, it would be lower, but the integral life is different for each one of us and I choose not to rate myself! I look at my goals and decide the next thing that needs to be accomplished to reach the goal, make a plan, and do it! Adjust and adapt when needed but always pushing forward.

I enjoyed this class very much, the semester began at the beginning of a huge change in my life. Learning about the principles and practicing the principles and discussing the ideas with this class has propelled my healing through this difficult time. I feel more open, more honest, more loving, more forgiving and ten weeks ago I wasn't sure I would ever be able to feel anything again!

Thank you, Mark, for your leadership, and classmates for your input and encouragement. May each one of you be blessed as you move forward along the path.

Fondly,
Stacy