This is my Friday. Another week has flown by. Without alot of turmoil either. For the first time in longer than I can remember, I had decent money left over at the end of my last paycheck. Not spending the day before payday buying bags of nuts or eating Hot Dogs was nice. I've learned SO MUCH with all that I went through with my ex. Some know the story....some don't...but I can tell you that though it's been hard....you come to a wonderful point of inner strength if you're willing to not give up.


I've had everything....and I've had nothing! Literally. I learned of myself that I am a real-life survivor. And survival is not just having bills paid and food available. You can have these things and not survive MENTALLY. Mental toughness is SO important when you're going thru anything. I refused to have a defeatest attitude. Even when I literally thought my life was over. (And it actually almost was) No drama, just facts. But I held on....and held on....and cried....and chanted....and cried some more....and held on some more....and the more this piece of iron was forged.....heated....beaten....cooled...heated again.....the stronger it became.

And a funny though about Iron....don't know if you've ever considered this, but the drop of iron that is in your blood today is a part of the total universal iron supply....ever think about that? It was someplace else before you were even conceived!!!! Fifteen million years ago, it may have been part of an iron ore deposit in some distant star! Today, it is part of the outer energy that is you.

I'm feeling really good today.... and glad to know I'm part of a bigger whole.

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo,

TheLotusPhoenix