2: What brought me happiness/disappointment?

Michelle, I must say that these are real foundation questions for reflection.  They build on each other.

Part 1:  What brought me happiness?

-my garden
-walking my dog in the morning before work
-honouring my boundaries, hard to do but very satisfying
-the day Linda and I bought wine, fine cheese and rice crackers and spent a summer afternoon pretending we were in Italy
-reconnecting with my son after a 10 year absence
-the opportunity to reparent my daughter
-hugging my first husband and feeling nothing but love and happiness for him in his life today
-meeting my daughter-in-law for the first time, she is amazing
-holding my grandchildren
-making a perfect meal and seeing my husband eat it with great satisfaction
-starting a Course in Miracles
-seeing Christ in a homeless mans eyes.......that was beyond words
-no planter's wart
-being able to actually feel the Divine in my life from time to time
-understanding that I do not know what anybody else's contract with the Universe is except my own...........this one came with unfathomable freedom

Part 2:  What brought me disappointment?

-my inconsistency
-I stopped walking the dog in the morning
-my own fear of any number of things
-I still smoke
- "popping" off at someone who didn't deserve it at all, probably more than one person if truth be told
-being unkind too myself
-my friend running away when I really needed her and then hearing her say that I didn't understand that she had a headache and it wasn't her fault that she couldn't be there for me (yes, I know that is an ego disappointment but I am still growing :)  )
-eating way too many of the foods that I know will slow me down and make me feel icky
-not making time to do the things I enjoy like paint, sew, write or even read one entire book cover to cover
-I did not follow a budget like I promised myself I would do at the beginning of last year
-being mean to myself
-my family believing lies about me and telling a few of their own
-the angst of defending myself
-not going out to dinner with my husband on our anniversary
-not asking the Universe for more than just enough to meet my needs

Well, looks like I have something to build on.

Thankyou for being.