Live From the Heart

As another year comes to a close, I am once again amazed at how fast time flies. I'm not one for making New Year resolutions. It's great to want to start eating healthier or exercising, but if I haven't done it for the past 365 days I can pretty much guarantee it won't happen on day 366. I do, however, find myself looking over the past 365 days and reviewing the good, the bad and the ugly.


2011 was a vast improvement from 2010. It was filled with good and very little bad or ugly. I actually got to use my vacation time for vacations instead of random or mysterious medical issues. I went to the beach for the first time in a few years. Sunshine and sand are good for my soul. I visited a far away land known as Montana where I reconnected with some college friends and made a few new ones as well. I found the perfect red wine. I adopted my precious Bonnie Blue. I was able to mark a few things off of my list of things to do before I turn 40, like attend an NFL game (GO FALCONS) and a PGA tournament or touch Keith Urban (twice.... and like many psycho fans before me I swore I would never wash my hands again... and yes that's plural, there may have been a little groping).


I realize that it is all about perspective. In 2010 it seemed my life was so overwhelmed by the bad and the ugly that I didn't pay enough attention to the good. In 2011 I paid more attention to the good and in turn have a hard time remembering the bad.


Oprah encouraged her audience during her final show to "live from the heart." My hope for the new year is that I can hold true to that. I want to be able to recognize the gifts of the moment I am in. Remembering the good, learning from the bad, and appreciating those who are on the journey with me. 


Happy New Year!