expectations are just premeditated resentments

Today, I am grateful for the courage to push myself outside my comfort zone and the confidence to pursue my dreams. 

I am learning how gifts can be triggering because of the way they were used by my emotionally under-developed parents. 

I accomplished witnessing the discomfort when a trusted friend's words triggered a programmed reaction driven by my previous role as "protector."  

I delighted in breathing through uncomfortability and remaining open to another's point of view, in reaching out and receiving help when I needed it, in making it to my mat, and in witnessing a beautiful hummingbird dancing around my crystal wind chime.