Note: My word for the year is “Ready.” Each month, I blog briefly about my progress.
March has already brought some opportunities to make amends, with more on the horizon. Making amends means I’m ready to let go of 
some long-held grudges, some hurts that were or weren’t intentional. Does that mean those involved will be my new best friends? I think that’s unlikely, although stranger things have happened. For right now, it’s more about not wasting the energy to keep picking the scabs of those wounds. It’s also about being ready to accept people as they are.
A friend recently asked me for help with something, and I was fine with saying no, I hope in a gentle way. When she was mildly critical of someone else who was putting other priorities ahead of this particular project, I tried to encourage her to accept the person’s priorities and look for other assistance rather than expect they’ll be reordered. In other words, when we are ready to accept, we are less likely to be disappointed and upset.
Ready. I’m liking this word a lot.
