I went to a Thai restaurant with my husband, John, on Saturday and he insisted I read my fortune from an unopened cookie sitting on the table. It said: “A surprise announcement will free you.” We sat there and imagined all of the possibilities that could set me free and laughed. He thought that was so wonderful he put it in his wallet and set it on my desk to think about.

On Monday, my personal coach called me and told me she did not know how to help me anymore and if I couldn’t think of how she could help me that we should part ways. I agreed and we parted on a kind note.

Let me give you all some background here. My personal coach was not a personal coach for more than a few months. She was my personal coach only because I was a client of hers due to a stipulation I agreed to after a 3-year divorce case with my ex-husband. In order to get our case settled, he insisted that I see a family counselor (3 of his sisters are in this profession), so my lawyer said, “just say you will do it to get it over with.”

Now I am not against these things, however, I did not want to spend the money or the time as I did not want to take time away from my young daughter and was new in my area and had no reliable sitters to watch her in the evening (my ((now)) husband was a high-tech worker and his hours were long and it was very often difficult to be home before 9:00 p.m.). Enough.

I found someone and did my gig for the court, but wound up having a beautiful rapport with this very kind woman. She is a very good person, however, her background is primarily in assisting people who have very difficult situations. I met her through one of those services that are low-cost (I paid her full price in cash).

Things were going great with us until I told her I had decided to participate in an MLM group for a prominent telecommunications company. Many of you on this board may be part of that group. She was very much against this decision and was constantly implying that I might be involved in some sort of illegal activities.

I assured her I did my research and was infinitely qualified to make a decision about that company. I explained to her that I had listened to the Robert Kiyosaki tapes and if I should fail in my latest endeavor, that I would at least know some very good people and learn many things.

She suggested I attempt to use my child in commercials to make money (my little girl is very pretty and charming). I rejected this idea, as my ex-husband is difficult and unreliable and did not want to create additional chaos. She then advised me to consult with various government agencies and lawyers to get him in line (which had only resulted in pain in the past for all of us) so I said no to that. I told her that I have decided to put that part of my life behind me.

Thus this lovely lady and I found ourselves in this place.

So why have I been set free? Because I am no longer being asked to report in all of my misfortunes on a bi-monthly basis. Because she is from a background (very legitimately trained) to seek out trouble and discuss it for 45 minutes at a time.

I have forgiven my ex-husband. He challenges me constantly (he is from a culture we hear about on the news these days) but he was my husband for 7 years and we were together for 13 years. He is difficult, but calling the police and lawyers has not solved my problems with him and I do the best I can with him.

Christian D. Larson tells us, “Count all as joy.”

My freedom lies in that I am free to count all of these things as joy. And I intend to do so. Life takes us in many different situations and I choose peace and pray for peace in this situation. I have been set free.

Much love and success to you all,
Lisa

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Originally posted by Lisa A:


So why have I been set free? Because I am no longer being asked to report in all of my misfortunes on a bi-monthly basis. Because she is from a background (very legitimately trained) to seek out trouble and discuss it for 45 minutes at a time.

I have forgiven my ex-husband. He challenges me constantly (he is from a culture we hear about on the news these days) but he was my husband for 7 years and we were together for 13 years. He is difficult, but calling the police and lawyers has not solved my problems with him and I do the best I can with him.

Christian D. Larson tells us, “Count all as joy.”

My freedom lies in that I am free to count all of these things as joy. And I intend to do so. Life takes us in many different situations and I choose peace and pray for peace in this situation. I have been set free.

Much love and success to you all,
Lisa

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Lisa, this is LOVELY and I am proud to know you. Thank you for sharing these wonderful insights!

Many blessings, and, of course--
EXPECT Success!
Rebecca

Hi Lisa.

Thank you. A big hug.

Many blessings to you.

Thank you Lisa for sharing,

This is one of the reasons I love this group, it is a support group but not of the usual kind where people meet and keep themselves entrenched in their unfortunate circumstanes, but to emerge from that cocoon into a butterfly.

I know of people who have been having counselling and atttending support groups for 7 - 8 years on the same issue, not being judgemental here, just merely an observation to be aware of when we are looking for support to choose wisely.

Denise