Funny The Way It Is

A lot can happen in one month, never mind a whole year. It's already February, and I was wondering if everyone was feeling as motivated and revived as they did when "The Ball" dropped and you start the New Year's cleanse. This year I did something different. No resolution for me. (What I should really say is, I already have too many left over from the prior years that are still overflowing into this year. Eek)

But there are things I am making a conscience awareness of, a.k.a. my new phrase for "resolution". The last year has taken me to places I never thought I would be both physically and emotionally. To start off, for a little while I was unemployed, then went to live on Martha's Vineyard for the summer, and ended the year driving across the country now living in Los Angeles! If I could go back a year from now, I would never be able to predict where I am at this point in my life. I am constantly reminding myself that life can take you anywhere, as long as you let it, whether or not you have a resolution. And maybe it is not the best year, or week or day, for that matter, that anything can happen.

Which brings me back to my new construct of conscious awareness for 2010 (and the following years). I recently read an article that asked to think about what the word "happy" really means? And it said, "Instead of striving to be fearless and happy, how about brave and appreciative? Appreciative people understand the ups and downs. The goal is to be able to experience intermittent joy." So there it is.

Happy 2010 everyone.