Another new year is almost upon us, and I’m feeling…introspective. There’s a lot I want to accomplish next year: Things related to writing, publishing, marketing. Things about healthy eating, exercise, weight loss. Stuff about trying to earn money, save money, and just be more financially responsible.
It’s all important stuff, and I really want to do it. But I think what I want most is just to be patient. To not feel like I’m rushing through everything. To enjoy little moments as they happen. To appreciate the gifts I have, and I have so very many.
I want to look at that sunset and stop what I’m doing and just stare at it for a moment and think, Wow. I want to suck in a deep breath of winter air and taste the woodsmoke, feel the snowflakes melting in my throat. I want to laugh when my cat licks my toes. I want to be happy when things go right, rather than worry about all the future stuff that might go wrong. I want to be a good friend, a good daughter, a good coworker.
I saw someone driving like a maniac today, cutting people off, getting honked at, the whole shebang, and I felt a twinge of pity. I wished that person could feel some peace. Slow down a little. I’m pretty sure the Kroger will still be there in thirty seconds.
We can all be a little better, drive a little slower, reach for the quiet joy in those tiniest of moments without letting life pass us by in a 75mph blur of smartphones and streaming and death-defying morning commutes.
Just outside that window, the sun is rising, and it is BEAUTIFUL.
All we have to do is look.
as the HERO flies... 