In 10 minutes and without being dirty!

Yes.... it even amazes me.

RULES: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note completing the 27 "I’ve come to realize." At the end, choose the friends you want to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you or I knew you way back when and am interested in what life has taught you!!

1. I've come to realize that my chest...
is filled with more treasure than hope.

2. I've come to realize that my job...
is more like a family and my family is more like a job.

3. I've come to realize that when I'm driving......
there is most probably a terrified passenger with me, or fellow drivers keeping distance.

4. I've come to realize that I need....
to seek less and appreciate more.

5. I've come to realize that I have lost...
a lot of myself, but found a lot that was buried deep.

6. I've come to realize that I hate it when...
I notice the chasm of where I want to be and where I am; how I see my self as intuitive and honest and supportive, but at times can’t believe, nurture or grow what lies within.

7. I've come to realize that if I'm drunk...
It doesn’t change my decision making and behavior as much as I’d like to attribute to the alcohol.

8. I've come to realize that money...
and the lack of it or wanting of it can cause anxiety, but truly overall, it is just another trapping.

9. I've come to realize that certain people...
will always poison and victimize themselves by swimming in toxicity; believe because they learn to close their eyes and hold their nose underwater it’s “growth”. But truly, it’s a lack of courage to swim to the surface, face gravity, and hold the weight of it all on their own.

10. I've come to realize that I'll always ...be “not enough” for you, until I’m enough for me…but by the time I get there, I’ll know you aren’t worth it-- because you wouldn't take the leap, couldn’t trust that in my cocoon I would ever change enough to fly.

11. I've come to realize that my sibling(s)...
has used my parents as a model of “how not to raise a child” and me as “what can happen if you do”...which really hurt to hear.

12. I've come to realize that my mom...
has a very different value system than I do.

13. I've come to realize that my cell phone...
is both a tool and a distraction, like most things.

14. I've come to realize that when I woke up this morning...
I should have gone to the gym because exercise would have created more late-day energy than the couple of hours of extra sleep.

15. I've come to realize that last night before I went to sleep...
I made a superb decision to go to bed early and start positive bedtime behaviors.

16. I've come to realize that right now I am thinking...
of the first day of autumn tomorrow- crisp air, warm soup, pumpkin beer, leaves dropping from trees, tears chapping my cheeks, bare branches, heartache that settles thick in the belly, and a passion that runs deep through me like in no other time.

17. I've come to realize that my dad...
was a successful businessman due in part to a high EQ with which he has little comfort.

18. I've come to realize that when I get on Facebook...
I have an audience, and the performer in me has a tendency to show up.

19. I've come to realize that today…
was gorgeous outside and a sweet light kiss goodbye to summer.

20. I've come to realize that tonight…
is another opportunity.

21. I've come to realize that tomorrow...
is the uncertain future, so I need to create a present of which I am proud

22. I've come to realize that I really want to...
fixate less, and fix more.

23. I've come to realize that the person who is most likely to repost this is.....
someone I will get the chance to learn a little more about.

24. I've come to realize that life...
is either 100% what I create, or absolutely out of my control…but in either scenario, right action makes the most sense.

25. I've come to realize that this weekend...
reminded me that I am not quite as socially inept as I sometimes think.

26. I've realized the best music to listen to when I am upset...
is dependent on what I'm upset over and how I'm planning to deal.

27. I've come to realize that my friends...
are very talented, supportive and I am lucky to have such a diverse group of wonderful peeps in my life.