"Tis Better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly" Elizabeth Gilbert from Eat Pray Love
So here it is.....the eve of my 34th birthday and I have to say that it really feels like I am just starting my life in so many ways. The last seven months have been amazing...so many moments of sheer joy, overwhelming gratitude, giddiness tempered with the occasional moments of self doubt, maybe a little twinge of homesickness now and then but mostly just an overwhelming sense of awe at the experience I am living in the midst of! I have accepted that I am a bit crazy to move to a country that I had never even visited, not know anyone and carve out a life...even people who are well travelled and such find it a bit crazy or "daring" that I would do something like that. But...forsaking convention and comfort zones has opened more doors in the external universe as well as my internal one. I struggled with convention...school/marriage/kids because that is the order things are supposed to go typically and the box I tried to stuff myself in. (maybe that is why it never worked!) So I have decided to form my own brand of "convention" and not wait for life to come to me..rather I am just going to go out, start my own traditions, learn by experiencing things and getting out of my comfort zone and follow my bliss!
Breaking out of my comfort zones....big ones were broken through last week in Norway. I climbed a mountain! My very first one! It was a huge accomplishment for me! I thank my wonderful friends Catherine and Michael for the encouragement and patience and further encouragement to get there because it was freakin amazing at the top and the sense of accomplishment was overwhelming for me. I have to say it was amazing to feel like that 10 year old girl playing in the woods behind her house or her grandma's house that day! It also occurred to me that I underestimate myself and abilities...often to my detriment. To break through that barrier and really feel and know the only limitations I have are the ones I place on myself was an amazing experience as well. I have heard that said in various ways, but it took this experience to realize it. I am forever grateful to my friends for pushing me past that comfort zone and getting me up on that mountain!
This past year has been so incredible....how many people actually go live their wildest dreams? And here I am doing it. I can't wait to see what year 34 brings. I am going to have to get some new dreams because the wildest ones I had, have come true. I get to live in Ireland, I get to work in a wonderful practice and take care of wonderful people, I get to travel all around and I still have so many people that I love back home. It is an amazing amount of blessings and riches that the Universe has laid at my feet and I am so happy to receive these gifts...because that is what I feel like all this is...A GIFT! My heart is full of thanks and truly happy.....what a blessed place to be at 34!
Love and Light!
Sally
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