A lot has happened since last I wrote.
A mad dash trip to Costa Rica, to visit my sister in her declining health before she passed away at the end of February. Two promotions at work. My 50th birthday. A trip with 3 of my best friends. My youngest son moved out and far away. Self-awareness and constant epiphanies are keeping me on a forward trajectory.
I challenge myself to keep mentally moving. Learning. Growing. Pushing my limits and the status quo. Why can’t I ask for a raise at work? I’ve earned it; I think… so I have. They haven’t answered me yet. Can I survive, or even thrive, without my Mom and my sister? I can and I must. I’m still here. I have to believe it’s for some higher purpose. I either have not yet learned the lesson I was sent to learn, or contributed something only I can. The meaning of life, is in the act of living. So, live, I must.
To paraphrase a quote I heard this week,,, “If you cannot find a voice that you resonate with; it is because, yours is the voice that is needed.” Where did I hear such a wise quote? TikTok, of all places. Cameron Rosin. This has stuck with me and has me thinking. What are the things that I have needed to hear in my life? What are the hard lessons that I had to learn on my own, and what encouragement would have helped? If my voice is the one I need, what and how, do I say? How do I communicate it best?
Things worth pondering.
E. E. Wildwood 