Thanksgiving reflections in an eventful year.
In the books. Reflecting back after the mad cooking spree, and thankful for many things...
A literal full plate. It is food security, economic security, family and emotional security. I know how very fortunate am to enjoy those, and wish for, and must work for, others to have the same.
A metaphorical full plate. Part of this assumed persona/account was borne of trying to figure out how to balance it all. I continue to work on that, but realize that is an embarrassment of riches.
I took some big - for me - risks this year, and found soft landing spots. Even when I failed, which I experienced in one area for the first time, too. And that, getting to the other side of that, made it a little less scary, allowed me to grant myself a little more grace. Though I disliked it enough to keep trying to avoid it.
I watched, and was able to be with, people close to me, and close to those close to me, decline, experience the beginning, and ending, of the close of life's circle. And that yields a wealth of lessons for how to live.
Wishing everyone a joyous, and meaningful, start to, and run of, this holiday season.
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