numberone

"Against All Odds"

Number One

One Thing I learned many years ago is that of all the people I am
responsible to and for, I need to be Number One on that list.
It may sound somewhat selfish and maybe it is but it's
okay to be selfish now and then ~ we owe it to ourselves and
to those who care about us.

I won't tell you that it is easy but I guarantee ~ if you practice it every day,
it will work for you. The hardest word I learned to say is "no" but everyone in my life understood what I was doing and why.
I know it may be hard to believe but, I found that if I worry about
me and my needs first, everyone in
my life was better too. They are happy to see me more content
and I am in a better frame of mind to help them
when it's really needed.

I realize that times will come that someone else HAS to be first but
that's not usually the case. Others are capable of doing for
themselves, too. Not that we aren't needed ~ everyone needs someone
at one time or another and everyone needs to be needed.

I learned that I was not responsible for everything and everyone.
Every day for weeks I would say outloud to myself,
"I am not responsible,"
and it finally became a way of life ~ I wasn't responsible for
everything and everyone and it felt
so good to shed that enormous burden.

I also learned to talk to the "Lady in The Mirror." I convinced her
that she is a pretty good person and had a lot to offer ~
and that she may not be Miss America but
she is far from ugly, too.

Try it ~ I guarantee it will work.

Always remember one thing ~ there is no such thing as
"never" or "always."
~ Sandy Lappert ~