Inward

I have spent a lot of my time doing for others - using the idea of giving myself away - as a teacher and mother and friend.  That has become a big part of my identity and I am learning about or trying to discover who I am without that need as a part of my daily self.  I go some days without conversation.  I can say thank you with great sincerity to strangers.  I am learning that giving is a need and trying to learn to accept generosity and ask for it when I need it.