Sanity...over-rated or just Reality knocking?

Last night, I listened to a short lesson on Sanity - the Biblical standard - it included the practical adage of "doing the same thing the same way expecting a different result" - and I am so incredibly guilty of that! It's not surprising that I find myself pondering lots of the things said today...
I have allowed myself to become hidden away and be a hermit, when I am in fact, all-it be an independent one, a social person who really does need person-to-person interaction on a regular basis. This does not include homework with my children. I love them, however, it is my job to raise them, not discuss the meaning of life.

I have expected to have things come to me on a silver platter because growing up moving from place to place, we were introduced to a new church, the members dropped in a few at a time to say hello, bring a casserole, and scope out the new family. So, literally the "new" environment came to me. We usually lived right beside the church, so I suppose you can see where I'm headed... I didn't exactly have to put much effort into my new surroundings aside from where to hang the two bookshelves that I moved from house to house and determining how to best tolerate the school system.
After getting married, it wasn't terribly difficult when it was time to move with my husband to his home town, because everyone knew my husband. I was accepted by default. Then Florida - WOW. People were from everywhere, cultures mixed - or didn't - and it was really confusing for the first time - I also began the role reversal with my parents - without my big brother nearby who understood all the quirks of the family and was only an hour away. It was time to grow up and I didn't.
Now I have to decide to keep doing things the same way expecting miracles to spring up or step outside my selfish nature and accept the challenge of growing up. *sigh* I suppose we all come to these point many times at different points in our lives. I know I have before, it just seems harder this time...I wonder if I thought that last time? Bet ya I did! Well, raise your glass to giving it a shot!