New Beginnings
Shall we revive this thread of reflections? Yes! It is a new year with endless possibility.
I find myself, at my core, simply thankful for my life and love. It is my peace to love a wonderful man who is my light. …to have good friends and a wise mentor whose path I hope will cross again with mine. …and a home that is secure. So much can change in a moment…suddenly one can find oneself gifted or find oneself grieving loss, but fear only tarnishes the joy.
I watched The Last Brickmaker last night, a charming movie, and in the midst of family drama, the father asked his wife: we all make sacrifices but what do I get (a seemingly selfish, yet honest question), and the wife responds, You get nothing until you decide what it is you want. He comes to realize his family is more important than his job, and suddenly he has what he truly wants. What is it I want? I didn’t ask for this life, its pains or pleasures, but finding myself somehow alive, let nothing distract from the miracle.
And I owe this spark of wondering to my dear friend Jenny, who put it this way: “I have seen people running after so many different things they hope would give them some identity they could grasp and keep and name “this is mine” They didn’t know that they have already owned the Universe within.”