Great Conversation

I just had a great conversation with one of my favorite teacher friends, Mrs. Robinson. She's retiring this year and she's looking forward to it. We talked about Landmark and what it has done for me. Then she went into her story about when she realized she needed a life change.

Her story: She was 35 years old, when she realized her life wasn't the way she wanted it to be. She was constantly doing things for other people and not taking care of herself. She went through the whole transformation process on her own and finally realized that if people can't accept her for who she is then, "Who cares! I don't need them anyway," she says. Now she lives the life that she set out to do. She's retiring, traveling, being with friends, and still happily married. She loves feeling independent and does whatever it is that she feels like doing. She's learned a lot over the years and now there's nothing else for her to do but play.

Mrs. Robinson is lucky to have found herself so early on. So many go through life, unaware of who they really are and miss out on the "living" part. Those people are the ones who die angry, sad, regretful, and/or alone. Life has so much to offer. It's too bad people don't realize what they are passing up because they are too afraid to look at themselves. Even though it's been a difficult process, I'm thankful I chose this path.