I noticed the old urge and interrupted it

Dear Delyara, The old habit appeared. I saw it. And I interrupted it. That may be the sentence I need to remember most right now. I noticed the pull toward over-giving, over-explaining, returning, shrinking, making myself easier, becoming useful before being honest. And this time, before the pattern became a full behavior, I stopped. Not perfectly. Not forever. But early enough to change the outcome. Sometimes a whole future shifts because one old reflex does not get completed.