R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Thoughts

"Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities."
Terry Josephson

The day after Labor Day is exciting to me. I have always loved school. I even liked the structure of the school year after I was older and had children of my own. I'm a little weird about that I guess. I suppose it wasn't school so much that I loved, but the learning. If I'm totally honest, however, I did not actually love 7th and 8th grade. I was still intrigued by the new books and notebooks and classes, but in those junior high years I definitely was more into my limitations than into life possibilities. I felt like my nose and my rear were too big and my breasts not big enough. I felt not quite as cool as everyone else seemed to feel. (Some of those same insecurities resurfaced when I was going through my midlife divorce.) I went back to college in 1992. I had never quite graduated the first go around because I had to change schools several times, and we got hungry. But going back to college and graduating as an adult was an amazingly invigorating experience. That exhileration about learning came back full force! I learned things I used in my business the next week. I learned things outside of my professional area. Take this opportunity after your divorce to enroll in something you find intellectually stimulating. Get that old thrill about the first day of school back into your psyche. Relight that flame. Take a class online. You can find a class about anything. If you absolutely can't work it out right now, at least get some new books and pencils and figure out how you can get started next semester. This is the perfect time to fill your mind with possibilities rather than limitations. And by the way no one liked 7th and 8th grade that much!

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Philippians 4:13