Friday, June 19, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy New Year 2009
This is the first year in a very long time (if ever) that I have welcomed the new year alone (well, except for the cats). I'm not complaining. My husband is as near as the phone or text - he just had to work tonight so we didn't get to celebrate together - but virtually (so to speak).
I suppose, given my solitude, it seems appropriate to take the opportunity to reflect - especially as I celebrated my 40th birthday this year.
I've had the opportunity to grow in many ways - new challenges at work keep me engaged and my intellect sharp. But I've also struggled with some setbacks related to my health, and I hope that the new year will bring new ways in which to manage those issues so I can feel healthier.
In the wake of an exciting election year, I've found my interest in politics (which I generally avoided) engaged - especially as it relates to leadership - which has always been a passion and interest of mine and the word that has been spoken most often this last year - hope - has been rekindled. I've always considered myself an realistic optimist, but found that particular savings account being drawn against once too often - hope was something I needed to fund again and I think it has been, even given the tough roads ahead for all us - locally, nationally and globally.
I've been finding the strength to make difficult decisions about standing my ground about issues that need to be fought for - ones that I've always believed in but struggled to find a way to support - that inaction sends a louder message than action, especially when the action should be to counteract negativity in any form.
I've begun to wonder if I can continue to live with the ambiguity I have cultivated in my choice of professions, and if it isn't time to seek something with more structure (and less stress). But as I shared just recently, it has always been the ambiguity that keeps me young and young and heart - with all it's unknowns and opportunity for curious exploration - the journey - not the destination.
I don't have any new year resolutions to make because the path I need to follow will emerge with each step I take towards it - again the journey, not the destination.
I feel blessed to be where I am today, who I am today and with whom I am today.
I suppose, given my solitude, it seems appropriate to take the opportunity to reflect - especially as I celebrated my 40th birthday this year.
I've had the opportunity to grow in many ways - new challenges at work keep me engaged and my intellect sharp. But I've also struggled with some setbacks related to my health, and I hope that the new year will bring new ways in which to manage those issues so I can feel healthier.
In the wake of an exciting election year, I've found my interest in politics (which I generally avoided) engaged - especially as it relates to leadership - which has always been a passion and interest of mine and the word that has been spoken most often this last year - hope - has been rekindled. I've always considered myself an realistic optimist, but found that particular savings account being drawn against once too often - hope was something I needed to fund again and I think it has been, even given the tough roads ahead for all us - locally, nationally and globally.
I've been finding the strength to make difficult decisions about standing my ground about issues that need to be fought for - ones that I've always believed in but struggled to find a way to support - that inaction sends a louder message than action, especially when the action should be to counteract negativity in any form.
I've begun to wonder if I can continue to live with the ambiguity I have cultivated in my choice of professions, and if it isn't time to seek something with more structure (and less stress). But as I shared just recently, it has always been the ambiguity that keeps me young and young and heart - with all it's unknowns and opportunity for curious exploration - the journey - not the destination.
I don't have any new year resolutions to make because the path I need to follow will emerge with each step I take towards it - again the journey, not the destination.
I feel blessed to be where I am today, who I am today and with whom I am today.
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