Last kitchen motivational video of 2023! Feels right to be ending the year on words like discovery, openness, healing, discovery, love, balance, and courage.
Dread seems to be at the root of a love of avoidance. But what's the upside of trying to avoid the unavoidable? However distasteful a thing might be, thinking about it and planning for it can - at the very least - take some of the fear out of it.
You don't have to understand something to know that, for someone else, it's real. You don't have to walk a path to know the path exists. Empathy is the cornerstone of non-judgmental behavior - the ability to feel someone else's struggle even when it's not your struggle.
Thanks to the entire group for being brave, and talking openly about your vices and the changes you want to make. Sometimes our vices, in a small way, become our identity. Who am I if I don't have a glass of wine at night?