It appears that it's my time to finally learn how to create healthy boundaries. This is something I haven't given a whole lot of effort in doing, because it was easier just to 'go with the flow'.

Although it seemed to be the easiest thing to do, generally it created more work for me in the long run. This applied in my work life as well as my personal life.

I've been working on many areas in my life over the past five years or so, and I'd have to say that creating healthy boundaries has been the one I've procrastinated. It just didn't seem that important to me.

I guess that the Universe or God or whatever your belief system is, has decided that I'm no longer allowed to procrastinate this lesson. It's quite possible that I've been given the lesson several times already, but have chosen to ignore it. This time I'm listening and I'm learning.

I finally figured out that the situation with the snake was a boundaries lesson. I think that once I acknowledged that, and acted on it appropriately, the whole thing settled right down. I haven't had an 'incident' in weeks. I am fully confident that should I have another incident that I'm now emotionally equipped to handle it.

I've learned to not put myself in situations where I'm tested. I'm no longer going to web sites and blogs that affect me negatively. I no longer associate with people in real life who create too much drama. I don't make a big noise when I do it. I just quietly slip away.

I've not yet mastered creating boundaries with family, just because of the way I was brought up. was brought up to believe that family comes first. I still believe that. So creating boundaries with family is and will probably continue to be a struggle for me. But I'm being tested in that area right now too.

I suspect that the mere fact that I'm writing this out here in my very public blog is an indication that I'm ready to tackle the final frontier.

Wish me luck.