Today...

I'm an intelligent girl, but lately I've made choices and repeatedly put myself in situations that have left me feeling empty and alone.  The really shitty part (excuse my language) is that I know, full well, what the outcome of these choices will be, and for some stupid reason I continue to make them anyway.  Afterward - when I'm beating my head against the wall - I imagine how, if I had a friend in my situation, I would probably slap her and tell her to wake up and take her finger off the self-destruct button!  

I like to say that life is short not to take risks, but it's also too make choices that leave me feeling the way I feel right now.     

So here is a public promise to myself.  I will listen to that little voice inside my head.  The one that's screaming at me every time I think about doing something stupid.  It's a smart voice.  

My sister-in-law had this posted as her facebook status and even though I'm not exactly religious it made me feel slightly better.

"In life, God does not give you the people you want. He gives you the people you need; to teach you, to hurt you, to love you, to make you laugh.. to make you exactly the person you should be."