It’s the last day of this year of celebrating gratitude. I kinda dribbled my input over the last couple of months, but that’s mine to own and contemplate. I set out to write something about gratitude every day, so the many missed opportunities are lessons to me.
This year has been very normal in that there were ups and downs, successes and failures, lessons learned and those which repeat. It’s been like any other year in that regard. The everyday classroom of life continues to challenge me, encourage me, and allow me to try again as often as I want. What I know for sure is that I am perfectly imperfect, normal, and still uniquely me. I have agency. I am allowed by virtue of having life to find my own direction in whatever way seems right, which includes plenty of course-corrections.
I am learning more every day about how to treat others and myself. I am my own practice person, so I am doing better all the time at learning what makes me tick and what just ticks me off. When I goof up, which is often, I try to remember to be kind to myself. If I wouldn’t say to another person something unkind or purposefully hurtful, then I won’t say it to myself. If I forget, and tell myself something ugly, I am learning to forgive myself, reframe the negative into a positive, and move on.
I’ve had some wonderful highs this year, which are contained within the calendar of 2023. I’ll take the memories with me into the new year of fresh opportunities and new challenges. I’m up for all of it!
I’ve experienced some real lows as well, and I will carry with me the gained wisdom from them.
Through all of it, I have had friends to help me find my path when I can’t see it. I have gained a better sense of peace and serenity. I am continuing to be of service in whatever ways I am capable.
It’s been a very normal, very blessed year, and I’m grateful for all of it.
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