Turn, turn, turn...

Sometimes what we really need to do in life is to turn around, to take a good look at ourselves from a different perspective, a different angle. Is it time for you to turn around?

When you find yourself doing the same thing over and over, repeating the same mistakes over and over, it's time to turn around. When you find yourself in the same argument with your partner or your boss, for the 100th time, it's time to turn around. When you find yourself dating the same kind of person, in the same kind of job situation, or with the same kind of roommate, again and again, it's probably time to turn around. When the coping skills that used to work don't work for you any longer, it's time to turn around.

When you keep doing the same things over and over, and you aren't any happier than you were before, it's time to turn around. Something needs to be looked at, carefully and with love.

You might need help when it's time to turn around. Maybe you need a therapist, or a spiritual director, or a good friend who can really listen, who won't try to change you or offer advice, but who can help you to see yourself. Usually the best listener is someone who will listen and tell you what they've heard you say, without analyzing or trying to change you.

Is it time to turn around?
Warmly,
meb