A few weeks ago I pledged to spend 37 days working on my writing. It didn’t last long.
Granted, it was not a particularly well thought out or realistic goal as between Dr appointments, Tae Kwon Do, work, my own classwork, the kids school work, etc I quickly got overwhelmed by stress and let it all fall by the wayside.
I thought about doing something similar … trying again, so to speak, in the days leading up to my 40th birthday. And, like a sign … a nod of assent from the Universe … I received mail. Mail that was neither junk, nor mail, but was instead cards from a friend. She has decided to fill the weeks leading up to my birthday with a card a day. Each one chosen for me with words of inspiration inside.
So instead of a formal pledge or assigned task I plan to take time these next weeks to write in my journal … one that involves paper and pen … and to do some deep thinking about what I want out of the second half of my life. Where do I want to see myself in a year from now … in five … in ten?
And once I decide where I want to be …. not where I feel I should be …. not where I feel I need to be … but once I decide what life would actually fulfill me the next step is obviously figuring out how to get there from here.
Because as my dear friend “E” reminds me, it is not too late to “turn on (my) passion, turn on (my) greatness, turn the page, turn the corner, and move on” down a different road, a different path.
Today is day 2 of 40 …
Blessings to you on whatever road you are on
Mama Kelly
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By 40th Poems on May 5, 2009 |
I hope the road you choose, for as you put it, your “what I want out of the second half of my life” brings you all you decide and if you do decide to change ‘direction’ I hope it for the right reasons. My very best of luck in your ‘quest’
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By Faerie Kat on May 6, 2009 |
Good for you, Mama Kelly! I turn 50 in 3 days and I believe every day is a new opportunity to begin afresh. I’ve never been one to hold onto the past or past mistakes, even if it means as long ago as…yesterday!
I’ve never been much of a planner; however, I’m always alert for the signs of opportunity and choice along the way, and as a result my life has been extremely interesting and blessed.
While it is good to know what you want in life (as opposed to what society says you should want and have in life), remember that no plan ever comes to fruition in exactly the way it was first envisioned. Plans must be living, fluid things that adapt to changes in circumstances and make room for those unanticipated opportunities the God and Goddess place along our Path.
May your Path be strewn with many gems of opportunity!
Hugz,
Kat
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