hike's Journal

I discovered  that I needed to make changes in myself. After living with a disease of attitudes, I did not think to highly of myself, so I did not have much faith that anything good could come out of my efforts.  Silkworrm.... .these creatures become beautiful butterflies!   They were born to express this beauty.

I, too, can create something negative into something positive by changing my self defeating attitudes, then i too can become a beautiful human being.  Gratitude, a cornerstone of my recovery, brings hidden loviness clearly into view.

Today  I can spin a little silk and let it grace everything I touch.   I don't have to look back to the past ugliness except to learn from itk to embrace the present, and to release whatever beauty is trapped behind old secrets and self defeating attitudes.   One day at a time I can delight in the splendid  person that I am becoming.

"Sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness...until it flowers again from within"