Just open up to the possibilities, opportunities, people, lessons.... and when you need to let go or even appreciate the moment....LAUGH!
This week has given me plenty of challenges from one of my kids struggling with life transitions, to server/hard drive crash (and subsequently not having any files being recoverable!), to physical things, to feeling a little emotionally vulnerable. But, on the flip side I have laughed so hard! I have felt so joyful this week. So appreciative of life and the opportunities presenting themselves! Here I am, in a new position with the chance to use my teaching, volunteer management and passion for agriculture! WOW! On top of that, the facility has animals that I get to enjoy daily. Since my arrival we have grown by 5, adding a baby miniature donkey and last night 4 sheep! Coaxing the sheep off the back of cube van last night was a laugh in itself. Poor befuddled and very wooley sheep!
My birthday is next week, and I have now blogged for over a year. Wow. I am amazed how it has flown and how today, right now, I am in a radically different place than 12 months ago! Last year at my birthday I gave myself the waterlily tattoo... and it has been a centering force almost! It went on as a symbol of what was, and the blossoming that was occurring. That was the beginning. I feel as though who I am has grown and strengthened, my focus grown clearer and I have drawn in the most amazing people!
What a year. If I end up doing nothing but sitting back with a glass of wine on my own for my birthday, that will be okay because man.... what a year. What a laugh!
