Taking Inventory

To use jargon I learned from my husband, who is a recovered alcoholic (sober now for over five years), one of the things I've been grappling with lately is learning how not to "take other people's inventory." I often have to remind myself not to mentally criticize people's reaction to BH's illness, not expect them to be stronger, braver, more compassionate, more self-aware. Not expect them to do more, spend quality time with him, enjoy him, slow down, listen. Not expect them to stop stressing out.

I have to remember that everyone has different ways of coping--or not coping. That there is no right way to get through these days. That everyone travels their own path.

I should take my own inventory, not theirs.