In recounting his journey through decades of arduous “life situation challenges, enduring numerous business and personal losses” a friend was told by his confidant, “You are a master survivor if there ever was one.” As he relayed the story to me my friend went onto say that he realized that was a valid observation. “I’ve become a Master Survivor, he added but somewhere along the way he said it seemed that he had “misplaced other self definitions: healer, helper, lover, entertainer, musician, creator.”
I’m not sure there are actual awards for achieving Master Survivor status but I congratulated him none-the-less on the important milestone. I suggested that he might be ready for a new Life course, Thriving. Some of its homework includes ferreting out those lost “other self definitions” and making the effort to wear one or more of them daily.
Which of your selves will you don today?
Cosmic Gardener - Cultivating a Life 