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A long time ago, I unknowingly gave my keys to AH. I handed them to him one key at a time without even realizing it. One day I realized that I'd handed him the keys to my life!
I am now finding my keys! One key at a time. And am taking full possession of them again and placing them on a keychain with MY name on it so that I will not misplace them again nor give them away! The keys to life that I have discovered and have placed on my keyring.... *The key of "Independance". I hope to never find myself in a place again where I solely rely on another individual. *The key of "Happiness". I find that I laugh more and enjoy life more than I used too. *The key of "Acceptance". I think maybe before I married AH, I had a broken key of this type. But now, it's a full working key. Acceptance of 'what is'. *The key of my "Self Esteem". This is a key that I misplaced a long long time ago. I broke it into pieces and gave it out to many people. It is now restored and stronger than ever and is unbreakable by other people. *The key of "Financial Responsibility". Financial responsibility is something that often times get confused with people that are materialistic and want money. MY financial responsibility is about my learning to live financially stable, being responsible to those I owe debt too, and not relying others to take care of my financial issues for me. It also means that I'll never hand this key to anyone ever again as I choose to not be kept in the dark of my financial matters. *The key to "Choices". This is a new key for my ring that I don't think I ever owned before. It's a key that allows me to realize, see, and choose. *The key to "Peace". This is a key that tends to get lost often. I have given it to others and they have caused my feelings of peace to disappear. Today, with the key of "Choices" and the key of "Peace" - I hope to keep on the key of "Acceptance" which in turn will bring me peace. This is such a pretty calm-appearing key. There are other keys on my keyring, I'm sure. But today, I wanted to point out the ones that I've rediscovered as well as the new ones that I have found. And what do all these keys go to? The lock is ME. Only I hold the power to use these keys, I forfeit that power when I hand them to others.
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