Hi. I'm new to this community. I found great pleasure in writing for the very first time in seven years in a journal. The very first time in an internet journal! It felt good to write down my inner thoughts and not only think about what I want to change about myself in the new year, but to write it down, reading it and then letting it all sink in.

I took a deep breath and exhaled. I felt like I was releasing a lot of the negativity out. You see, lately I've become so sad. I have no one else to blame for this sadness and bitterness but myself. I've allowed negativity to come in. I've been so focused on and truly disturbed by others and their ways that I have let them take control of my wellbeing.

Enough said, I will no longer dwell in the past nor will I continue allowing others change who I used to be. I will be focused. I will breathe.i will inhale greatness and exhale.