Have decided that the past several years have been practising:

1. Acceptance
• of myself
• of others
• of the world
• of the past
2. Giving with no strings attached (another way of looking at acceptance of others)

Now that I feel quite adequately comfortable with the progress of the above mission, it's time to begin another. One of: Letting go - I have to learn to let go of people and situations that hurt me and what I stand for. No doubt, there are fine lines between perseverance/stubbornness and opening new doors/giving up. But I have to learn to draw those lines for a) longevity and b) relevance. I think I began this lesson as a part of acceptance, but I would like to state it explicitly - just in case you didn't know I was aware of such choices available to me. *sigh* there's OCD, then there's dedication.