Reflections
So my birthday was a couple of weeks ago. I see these birthday celebrations as more of a time to look back and see where I have been rather then where I am going. It helps me see if I have come as far as I thought I would over the last 12 months.
I had gone out for dinner with one of my three friends for a dinner at a new restaurant call “Crave”. It was an early night as one of the couples has a new born princess that was under watchfull care of a relative. So I was dropped off fairly early. So as I stood on the wet front lawn of parents home, about to go to my childhood bedroom for an early night, I reflected.
It was strange. I was all alone standing on the same street where I played hide and seek with my friend John and Lori. It seemed like yesterday and yet was so long ago. I wasn’t happy… I was lonely. Waiting for the door to open and my children to run out and welcome me home, to see the smiles of the ones that I loved. I thought I would perhaps jump in my truck and go visit some of my friends… their all gone now. Matt in the States running a major bank, Jonathan in Stratford about to star in the upcoming production of Oklahoma and King Lear.
So I walked up to the door and knocked (still don’t have a key, not allowed) and there was my mom. With a hug and smile. We ventured down to the rec room and watched an episode of House. In bed by 11. I layed in my bed for a while, running my year through my head. Creating new goals and dreams for my next year of life. I got up, unable to sleep and journaled for an hour. I wrote down everything that I had accomplished… after a long while, I realized that I had done so much. My year was full. I didn’t complete it all but I learned a lot and grew so much.
Last night I took my mom out for dinner she was celebrating her birthday. As I watched her laughing with her grandchildren I thought to myself when I was a child I played hide and seek with my friends at the top street. When my mom was a child living in England she lived through the Blitz, the bombing of London. We all live different lives and different memories and measurments. I am ready for this year. I am ready to create something new to reflect on next March.
Here is today’s question… read it, write it, answer it and share your thoughts here on the STUpendous BLOG!
Take a sheet in your journal and write down everything in you have accomplished, learned and experienced in the last year. Really think. Write for at least 30 minutes, don’t stop! Are you doing the things you want to? If not, refocus your energy and start today!
Today’s picture is of my mon… Happy Birthday (39th)
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