the idea of growth has saved me many times LadyM.. the ego? so complicated... many paralells to spirituality...

i would only think of saying this... to know who you are in the very core of you being is something worth knowing and becoming partners with...

inside you, imho us all, is what we want to become...

we have each reieved certain gifts and abilities...

we can choose to apply those gifts for our own benefit at any given time, imho...

with the gift of clarity tand the application of real sensibility, whatever we choose is entirely attainable imo...

criticism is the tool which refines our abilties if managed constructively imo...

find a connection between what the center of you desires, and compliance with real factors... such as a career and personal survival...

that is the most i can think of right now LadyM... let your good Spirit guide you...

refer to every resource that sustains you...