This photo encapsulates the joy and fulfillment I have felt and continue to experience since I've started stepping into those things that have always been within me (the ones that I used to let my head talk my heart out of). Things like writing and speaking - sharing myself more with others and being open to all of the possibilities that life has to offer.
My heart has also been heavy lately...I can't believe it's been six months now since my brother Brett died and I miss him so much. My uncle Don just passed this past week from cancer and today we attended his funeral.
Sunrise, Sunset...
Sunrise, Sunset...
Yet I know in my heart that both of them are really good now.
Being 47 is an interesting dichotomy. Things seem more heavy now as my youth gradually becomes less and less. But at the same time, life has truly started coming together in a wonderful way. A veil has been lifted - one that was threaded with fear, anxiety and self-induced limitations of many a kind. Now its all in technicolor.
In this half of my life, the possibilities are as vast as the ocean and as many as the grains of sand on any beach. So, while I walk in life each day knowing that heartache and loss surround and are a possibility. I also know that things have truly never been better.
Not because we're suddenly rich (which we're not) or that all of our problems of have dissipated. No, life is more meaningful and fulfilling because I've learned through the years to truly enjoy and be grateful for all that I have. And I've learned to savor each moment for what it is...A BLESSING.
Life is also richer because I've come to realize that the only thing that has ever held me back was me and I decided to stop doing that.
Here's to embracing Life and all that it is;
the good, the bad, the happy and sad.
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