I love the holidays and feel a little melancholy to see them end. My birthday is one week after New Year’s Eve and I always enjoy the extra week of indulgence, pajamas, cuddles, celebration, introspection and reflection.
This year on my birthday I re-affirmed my commitment to living with an open heart and integrity, to share love, to cultivate compassion, to connect with myself and all the joys that make me whole. There is so much I look forward to doing this year. On my birthday and every day I try to take time to pay notice of and honor all the blessings in my life. Gratitude births happiness.
Today is one month, to the day, from my surgery and I’m doing great. I am learning to trust my health and body again. I have been enjoying slow walks outside each day and I plan to return to work, part time, next week. I can’t wait to practice yoga again. I have been nourishing myself with rest and yummy meals.
After all these years of little lessons and living, I’m feeling well grounded in who I am and what I want. Too often it is our mind that stops us short or fabricates a narrative that is not useful. It doesn’t have to be that way. We all have the ability to push on and to push beyond — whatever that means for each of us. Sometimes you just have to get out of your own way.
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My Go Fund Me is still up. I am humbled my all the encouragement and support I have received. Please consider sharing my story. Any and all contributions will be accepted with gratitude.
I am grateful for each and every one of you and wish you the very best in this beautiful New Year!
