Change

How have you changed over time?

Oh I’ve changed! Yep I have. Even over this past year. For one thing, I’m a writer now.

I’m learning to live a life I want to live, to be who I am and like it. I’m learning that it is not about circumstances. Its not any of the things that I wish for that make happiness happen or possible. I’m learning to hold out for surprises. To be patient as solutions arise. To stay open to possibilities. I am finally, at long last, surrendering to my path, and all it’s unexpected twists and turns I used to think weren’t right or shouldn’t be part of it. I’m learning to just step out into the unknown and not care what anyone says or thinks.

2023 has been surprising in so many ways. I guess that’s what keeps life interesting . The unknown. The unpredictable. Being new. Being a beginner.

I heard this today: “In the mind of a beginner there are many possibilities, in the mind of an expert there are few. To none.” Im grateful tonight for not knowing too much. I’m grateful I ended this year by doing something new and different and I’m grateful to be starting this next Year with a trip back to California.

I’m grateful for Lakshmi and her steady flutter of petal like possibilities raining down on me and swirling like a thick blizzard of hopefulness all around me all of the time. I’m grateful for an entirely transformative year. Write a book about a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly and why wouldn’t my life transform as well?

I would not have planned to be here. I would not have put this chapter in my book about me, but you know what? I’m thankful it came about. I’m thankful for all of it.

Happy New Year, my friends, thanks for being out there, allowing me to share.