Where to Now?

Where to now? No matter how many times I answer that question for myself, it just keeps coming up over and over again! Perhaps it's to ensure that I live my life awake; rather than asleep. For as long as I am answering that question, my life has some purpose, meaning, and direction. Most of all, that purpose, meaning, and direction are created by me.

The holiday season always inspires me to pause and think about the past year. What were my most profound experiences? What did I learn, as wisdom? Who are my true friends? What's most important to me as I prepare myself for the new year? What or who should I let-go of? And, what or who should I hold-on to as though my life depended on them? And most of all, what is greatest fear I have in stepping out beyond my self-imposed boundaries? I always make a point to approach a new year as though I'm writing a new chapter in the book of my life.

These are thought-provoking questions. They cause us look deep inside to places we rarely go in the hum-drum of our life activities. They provoke sadness, pain, joy, happiness, humor, regret, and pride in the resiliency of making it through. For these are the full specttrum of feelings and emotions that make us human. Without them, we should doubt how fully we are living our lives!

So when I sum it all up this Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for everything that has happened to me this past year; the agony and the ecstasy. For we can't really have one without the other. They have transformed me to be a better person. In fact, I find myself not classifying experiences as good or bad anymore. Everything that happens to me now is part of the flow of life. And if I pay close attention there is always a nugget of wisdom to be learned.

Well, I guess by now you might consider this blog to be introspective. If you feel up to it, you might answer some of the questions I've raised above for yourself. I have a feeling we'll ultimatelty discover that we probably have more in common than our differences would suggest. The final thought for today:

Identify the person who has been the greatest
source of support, inspiration, and love for you
over the past year. Someone who has loved you
unconditionally. Write a note, email, or tell
her or him in what ways they have enriched your
life and your commitment to your future relationship.


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