There's another saying that goes like this, "when you realise that what you have is what you need, you are truly rich..."

I've read some posts of yours dweste that spoke about some of these changes, if you care to share, what sort of work were you doing and what are you thinking of doing now? What happened to facilitate the changes?

I think you'll find that changing for yourself is much more rewarding than changing to suit others ever is.

One more saying, "fire your flaky friends..."

When "friends" and others become the obstacle on your path, you sometimes have to fire them for your own good. I went thru this myself just a relatively short time ago when I finally admitted that what was stopping me from achieving some things I thought I wanted to achieve were some of the people I chose to surround myself with.

In as loving a way as possible, I fired some "friends" and made the positive changes I needed to make. It was hard for awhile but so much better in hindsight as to be mind-boggling.

John E