At the close of 2012, I am filled with gratitude.
In some ways it was a topsy-turvy year. I escaped a dicey merger-and-acquistion and landed a fantastic promotion in my field with less stress and more benefits.
I had relational changes. Some relationships were strengthed. Others I had to let go.
Letting go of relationships is hard for me because commitment and loyalty are part of my core values. But I learned a little bit better how to detach with love.
I found a new rhythm to life. In the last couple of months I've been able to re-visit and truly live according to some deeply held principles. I'm practicing daily gratitude.
I'm connecting to the large, water fowl on the lake outside my bedroom window. I stand at the window and watch them fish and find myself meditating and connecting in new ways. Even the growing alligator made a Christmas day appearance.
So the end of 2012 looks vastly different than did the beginning. It was a year of a lot of change.
One thing I understand about life: Change is the one constant. That proved to be so again.
I often teach my clients how navigate change by trusting the process of life. It takes a lot of faith, surrender, and acceptance to do that. I had to do my share this year too. I can tell you that it indeed does work.
When we choose to trust the process, live in gratitude, and believe the best, things indeed do work out--perhaps not on the time-table we'd like but definitely on a time-table that's right.
As I reflect up on my life, family, friends, and work, I am indeed grateful.
Are there things that I wish would have occurred differently? Perhaps.
The Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez wrote: "No llores porque ya se terminó... sonríe, porque sucedió."
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
Amen.
Big smiles here. Grateful.
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