Discipline

I was looking forward to my scheduled outing to Mimi's Cafe with the ladies of the Red Hat Club, so I donned my purple outfit first thing, not even glancing at my Morning List which ensures I brush teeth, take pills, and perform all my other AM ablutions once, but only once each morning.

Every now and then, like today, I try to fly "solo," ignoring the list. I was sure I was just fine... Not so. Soon I had gone from feeding the dogs (one has to be hand fed since he can no longer eat by himself) to mopping the kitchen floor and washing woodwork, then on to dusting, all in my dressy clothes, mind you! I have no idea whether I even washed my face or put on deodorant today.

I never finished the dusting because my ride was honking in the driveway. Grabbing purse and hat, I was gone without a thought about the fact I was supposed to drive myself today because I was leaving straight from Mimi's to meet a friend from Giveback.

I had a marvelous time with my fellow Red Hatters and called my friend to reset our time to work together. She is a TBI survivor, like me, and we are working together on the self therapy program developed by Dr. Larry Shutz, founder of Giveback.

My friend, who I will call Sue, and I accomplished much, setting formal goals and arriving at reasonable steps to attain them. Our first week, we are working on developing a disciplined approach to using our day planners and staying on task the proper amount of time. I am greatly encouraged!

I am so thankful for Sue. She is a remarkable woman and extremely intelligent... even better, she's a follower of Jesus Christ! So, as we work to develop "fixes" for the problems our damaged brains cause us, we can both include the designer of those brains!