It has been a long while since I blogged. There is a good reason for that.
I started this blog when a friend insisted that I share my journey – express my life lessons – bare my heart.
We never stop learning, and I had a few more lessons come along like waves beating against the crags. It took all of my energy to stay upright, but I am upright!
The lessons I learned in the past 6 months have been the most valuable, and I can sum them up in a few short sentences:
Life never stops happening.
Not everyone is going to like me – no matter how hard I try, and
Today is the best place I have ever been.
I’ve started a half-dozen different posts, but my heart wasn’t in it. I could continue talking about sadness, loneliness, divorce, illness, but I am not going to anymore. I have nothing life-changing or profound left to write, and my story has become trite, at least to me. Yes, I have had to be strong, resilient, resourceful and optimistic, but who cannot say the same thing?
I once believed that I had to do great things for my life to have purpose and it was necessary to wear the heartaches and hardships on my sleeve so I could help others, and although I do believe I have encouraged a few, everyone has their own lessons to learn. Our life experiences are so different but yet so very much the same.
For my life to have purpose, I must judge not, love deeply, laugh loudly, and not be afraid to die. I’m there.
In the future, I will write more about simple things, like enjoying my granddaughter, raising a dog, going to work, falling in love, directing a radio play, turning 60, dwelling in the mountains, and being me.
I turn 60 this month. Did you know that 60 is the new 40? Be prepared. I might shock you all!
May 18, 2014 @ 04:13:11
The best ever! Somehow I knew you would get to where you are now. This style of writing is what you are meant to do.