Living Life Again

"If you keep telling the same sad, small story, you will keep living the same sad, small life."
Jean Houston

I had the opportunity to hear Jean Houston speak many years ago and saw her recently being interviewed by Oprah.  She is right that we need to not tell our sad, small story.  Even in grieving, I find I need to not tell my sad, small story.  I do, of course, need to process that grief, but not to tell the story again and again.  What I am focused on now is designing the life I want post caregiving someone with dementia.  It has been many years, so I get a chance to completely redefine what I want my life to be.  And, I want to create it with great care.