Just as cliche as the next pick up line some random boy drops on you at the bars, I’m so excited to start the new year with a new chapter! I feel like I’ve been waiting for 2011 to just end. The entire year was filled with joy, sadness, the end of times and the beginning of new ones. It wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t amazing. I definitely discovered more about myself last year than any previous years. I discovered strength and the ability to take any adversity and power through with grace and dignity. And no, I’m not just referring to my breakup. Though that definitely was a huge jump point for everything, there was a lot more that occurred that put all my pieces together and got me whole again. To live with regret and the agony of wanting to change things that happened in the past is not something I think about for even two seconds. Things that happened have changed me. For the better. Although if you went back in time and asked me in the moment, I would have probably told you that life isn’t fair, God probably hates me, and I’m bound to be like that forever. It’s kind of like the things your mother tells you as a kid - “if I could only tell my twenty year old self this…. I’d tell myself I knew I would get through it. It just takes time.” Well maybe we don’t have to wait twenty years to figure it all out. Maybe not even a year. What we do need to be is patient and know that things do work out for the best. It isn’t always fair and it sucks when things don’t go your way, but without that adversity, how do we grow?
So to all my followers out there, how ever small or large it may be, this year, let’s learn to be patient with our situations and act with grace and dignity. There’s always someone else who’s been in your shoes. It might even be the person sitting next to you on the bus or sharing a drink at the office watering hole. When we carry ourselves in a certain manner, you can be sure that the long-term benefits will totally outweigh the sadness you feel in this brief moment in time. You’ll be happy again.
Xoxo
