Dear Seaturtle:

“Maybe then the solution is to not expect a relaxing weekend in Palm Springs, just what is meant to be will be, and I will grow from it spiritually by learning to let go of the part of me that is bothered…?“- you are the birthday girl, you choose!

“I decided I would try to use this situation to practice surrendering to life’s events and staying centered“- I think that your decision can lead to a growing opportunity,

“There’s a similar topic, that this is a good example for, that I want to ask your thoughts on… I don’t know whether to let go, or ask her not to come… When to take control and when to not, is really difficult for me to decipher at this stage of my spiritual growth“- I suggest to make your birthday weekend an empathy weekend: empathy for you, empathy for you roommate-friend, and empathy for P.  Make it-in principle and in practice- an SEBW, a Seaturtle Empathy Birthday Weekend.

anita