A Marked Improvement

When we are on a journey, especially one of learning, we are usually too busy trying to make our way to notice how far we've come. Then an event will happen and it gives us cause to pause and we have a moment to look at where we are in our journey and then realize the progress that we've made. I experience this all the time but the other day I was getting that old feeling of needing some appreciation that never came. I didn't get all bent out of shape and then I caught myself and realized that that isn't me, it is my ego. Now in this moment I was not celebrating my victory, my mind was still mired in reconciling my ego against my true self. I got side tracked and busy with other things and forgot about it. The next day I had much better clarity about it and on this day I was able to separate my emotions from my thoughts and look at things objectively. I realized that I didn't need the appreciation and moved on. Now that is a victory because the old me would have stewed on that, on not receiving a word of appreciation until it erupted in passive aggressiveness or anger. God speed!