wonderful wednesday edition: i used to…

13 Oct 2010 25 Comments

by mary kathryn tyson in free for alls.

i used to be more spontaneous. now i’m just free.

i used to be resentful. now i seek forgiveness.

i used to be angry. now i want peace.

i used to have a need to be right. now i accept my right to be happy.

i used to hate myself. now i am in love with my maker.

i used to be afraid. now i am less afraid.

i used to drink too much. now i’m a drunk.

i used to be a night owl. now i turn into a pumpkin at 10:00.

i used to think i would be married and have all five of my kids by the time i was 30. now i would be twice-divorced.

i used to carry the weight of the world on my shoulders. now i just let god do his job.

i used to be a volatile child. now i am a beloved one.

i used to be codependent. now i {try to be} interdependent.

i used to have a need to be great. now i just want god to be great in me.

i used to love mint chocolate chip ice cream from baskin robbins. now i love mint sweet cream & cookies by ben & jerry’s.

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from some of my friends:

i used to drink caffeinated drinks. now i drink sprite. {sam}

i used to be a doormat. now i am a strong, independent woh-MAAAN. {heidi}

i used to drink coffee throughout the day. now i usually prefer it as an after-dinner treat with something sweet! {cristina}

i used to be so completely carefree. now i have to be concerned about real life issues (health, money, politics, my country’s moral decline and love). {laverne}

i used to be in control. now i am letting god deal with it. {sara}

i used to be so concerned with being who i thought others wanted me to be. now i am much more committed to being faithful to the inner guidance i receive from within.

i used to be fun. now i’m boring. {stephanie}

i used to be just doing the next thing on the list. now i am fully & joyfully living. {bff-karen}

i used to get mad. now i get even. {anita. who doesn’t really mean this. we just thought it was funny.}

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from my friend adam, who gets his own corner for putting so much thought into it:

i used to be scared of women. now i am terrified of them.

i used to be shy. now i am just reserved.

i used to be judgmental. now i realize that i’m human too.

i used to be freely happy. now i have to work hard at it.

i used to be creative. now i am just cluttered.

i used to trust anyone. now i am skeptical of everyone.

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your turn!

fill in the blank.

 

(don’t edit or judge, just do it!)

i used to ____________. now i ____________.