Daily Gratitude: How many of you read this and thought “how selfish this is”? It’s not selfish at all. In fact it’s essential. We have to start with ourselves and making changes within before we can have any real hope of changing the world. For 70 years I thought I was just stuck being the person I was – and it was not a very good image. There was despair thinking I could or would never change. But then I discovered IFS (Internal Family Systems) and learned that change is possible at any age. Once I applied the principles of IFS, I not only became a changed woman but also a much happier woman. It takes work (just as curing chronic pain takes work by you) but I can tell you that this is the most rewarding work I’ve ever done – either for myself or for others. Once you decide you want to change and find the method that works for you, you’ll go through some grief because you are losing parts of yourself. But once your brain and your parts are realigned, you’ll wonder why you didn’t discover this a long time ago. Everything comes in it’s time and I am so grateful my time finally came.