Well, it is a new year...but it is the same me...b/c I am honest, like that. Another year gone. I didn't lose a bunch of weight. I didn't have a baby. We didn't take a trip (did anyone??). I didn't buy this, or buy that. We didn't move anywhere (exciting, or not). I didn't do a major renovation. I didn't do a major make over. I didn't do a major project; start a foundation (more on that later), read a bunch of books (thought provoking, or otherwise). I didn't do any earth-shattering marathons or sprints. I didn't make a bunch of money from an invention or from social media (though I am still trying..lol). I don't even know if I grew spiritually or intellectually, or if I found out more about myself.
I did find the guts and courage to leave a job that wasn't good for me. I did spend time with family. I/we made memories. I lived up to my "word of the year" (which, I never did write about, but I might talk about that later). I did start in Direct Sales business..I made new friends, and I caught up with "old" ones. I got to take ONE trip to Calgary (ok, so I DID travel...ONCE :)). I spent time reflecting. I spent time wondering what I wanted to do with my life; where/what my next step should be.
Because life isn't not measured in (nor is about): how much we buy, do, travel, earn, fashion, hair, our spouse, our looks, our kids (whether we have them, or not...or what are kids are good at/doing, etc), houses (renovations, new, etc), the car we drive, the books we read (though books can help us in different areas in life), our looks (makeup, weight, etc), our accomplishments (sports, talents), nor our perfect curated social media feeds (don't EVEN get me started on that!!!), nor how "Christian" or "spiritual" we are.
Life IS measured in: how much we love and serve others/God, our memories we make (with others and with ourselves), kindness shown to others and ourselves, learning/trying new things (even if we're bad at it!), embracing change, listening to others (and ourselves!), learning from our mistakes, and how we handle what life brings us.
I am not perfect. My husband isn't perfect. We are not picture perfect, and neither is our place. We don't have the newest gadget (except for maybe phones!), we don't constantly buy things (other than regular life things...and coffee/magazines for me..lol) for our house; we don't have the newest and best clothes and accessories, we don't go out and eat the nicest restuarants, and we certainly don't travel to far off and exotic places (or even places within BC/Canada!).
We have a small place. We have a car. We have a kitty. We have nieces and nephews. We are close to our siblings, and my parents. We have clothes. We have food. We have furniture. We have a TV (and Cable and Streaming services); we have movies. I love that we can get almost anything from our local library; so DVDs/books/mags can be borrowed from there. We have our health (yes, we have a lot of health issues, but on the whole, we are doing fairly well, health-wise). We have heat. We have water. We have A/C in the summer when we need it. God has been taking care of us; even when we don't see it at the time. We have each other. We have Jesus.
I think you catch my drift.
Oh, and my words for the year: intention(al), purpose, and joy. I will talk about those hopefully in another post..and soon..(well, a girl can dream, right?)!!
