Please read Part 1 and Part 2 for context. Thank you. I discovered that I needed to be authentic in my relationship with myself. I discovered that I needed to true to myself. I began to realize the I could not base my self-worth or my self-esteem on my ability or inability to "fix" situations or people. I began to realize that I could no longer base my sense of well being … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — Relationships, Conflict and Peace Part 2
By Second Chance to Live
Please read Part 1 , Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 for context. Thank you. With my awareness I began to realize what I was doing to myself. Through my recovery process I began to realize that I was not responisble for matters that were out of my control. I began to realize that I needed to change the patterns in my behavior that reinforced and kept me stuck in a cycle of shame and a … [Read more...]
Freedom, Courage and the Flight of the Butterfly — Revisited Part 5
By Second Chance to Live
Please read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 for context. Thank you. In the process you are gaining new finding strength to mount up as with wings like an eagle. You are being prepared to walk in your destiny. Be strong and of good courage my friend, for what is being formed in you is majestic and divine. What is being formed in you is beyond your wildest imagination. Be … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — Freedom, Courage and the Flight of the Butterfly — Revisited Part 4
By Second Chance to Live
Please read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 5 for context. Thank you. And so the flight of the butterfly provides wonderful insight. Life presents challenges that often come disguised as change in the form of struggle. Change provides the motivation to strengthen the wings of our flight to our destiny. Change through struggle prepares you and I to move beyond the … [Read more...]
Freedom, Courage and the Flight of the Butterfly — Revisited Part 3
By Second Chance to Live
Please read Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 4 and Part 5 for context. Thank you. Craig To break free from the cocoon the butterfly needs to undergo a struggle. To fly the butterfly has to free itself from the confines of the cocoon. To free itself from the cocoon the butterfly has to expand its wings. To find freedom the butterfly needs to expand it's wings with enough force to break … [Read more...]