"For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.'" - John Greenleaf Whittier  

Sometimes life is... well... disappointing. We sit down for a great 5-star meal and get served stale crackers and warm beer. What happened? It SHOULDN'T be this way! But it is.  

Oftentimes we make choices that, through no fault of our own, lead not to some promised land, but in the opposite direction from it. And, often, by the time we realize it, we can't even see our glorious destination, it is so far over the horizon.   

1Dream lost! So what do we do now? Let go? Settle? Reframe? And my personal favorite, be realistic?

How to set boundaries where there weren't any before  "Boundaries define us. 

They define what is me and what is not me. A boundary shows me where I end and someone else begins, leading me to a sense of ownership. 

Knowing what I am to own and take responsibility for gives me freedom" - Henry Cloud  We all have experienced it. 

There are always people who seem to completely ignore your needs, interests, desires, preferences. In other words, people who simply ignore your boundaries. Or is it really that simple?

The Buddha is a metaphor. It represents you.

In today's episode, GP will be flying solo. Lisa is attending to family affairs and and, rather than. jus running a rerun we decided to do a brief discourse, a meditation and a and Q&A period.  

Love to you all Lisa & GP