The Trip

I have never been emotionally invested in New Year’s Day.

It seems odd to me that suddenly, on January 1st my gym is so crowded only to go back to normal on February 1st.   And (of course) the same can be said for the “diet”, or smoking cessation, or any other “resolution” of sorts.  Very few resolutions actually stick around for the long term.

Over the years, I have become a “growth minded person” which means I am constantly seeking to get better, to understand better, to think better.  I am on a journey.  

Each year I mark another journey around the sun by taking an inventory of what I have learned.  This week marked another trip aka, the anniversary of my birth.  

Prior to this year, I had a sense in my spirit that I needed to learn a hard truth that I was not yet seeing.  And then 2020 came in like a storm.  The perfect storm. 

To be fair, I have had other years that were so monumental they changed who I was as a person.  The year a 20-year marriage ended, the year my health became even more of a priority as I was diagnosed with a very rare auto immune disease, and of course 2020.

Even the difficult years have taught me important lessons about what is important:  my centered place, my heart, my truth.

It is so easy to be lured away by the shiny things that make empty promises.  The things that aren’t really important at all can easily knock us off kilter.

To make matters more difficult, everyone has a different truth or centered place.  I am responsible to know and stay centered in my own. That is a job that requires a lot of self-awareness and grace. 

Often, I think of it as standing on the sharp end of a straight pin.  It takes lots of strength and muscle control to remain on the pointed edge. It is a physical activity. It takes a constant inventory.

I have been given three mission statements this year that define the things at my centered place. I want to speak them into the universe and to acknowledge them.  

1.     a connection to others

2.     my personal continued health

3.      purpose.

These are the things at the center of my heart this year.  I hope that maybe I can inspire you to consider three things at the center of yours.

Till the next trip around the Sun😊