Life is a process.... a journey - not a destination.
If I keep expecting 'to arrive' - I'll miss the scenery!
I've heard these or similar phrases so many times before.
Upon becoming 50 years old - soon, I have been doing some reflecting on my life past.
Looking back, I see incredible triumphs.
I had not realized just how incredible until just now.
I have had a few bumps and scrapes, and to tell the truth,
when I see a plant that had been planted, and a stray rock or potted plant landed on top of it before it broke ground, and there it is... all pale yellow and so anemic... but growing... I understand.
I cheer it on, "You can do it!"
And I know it can.
Already it has shown an incredible will and determination to find the sun that it had never felt before.
Imagine now that it has the sun and rain, it will be an incredible plant. It will thrive.
With the recent reflecting on my past life, I realized that I had grown so much...
and... that I have been through so much.
"I don't want to be a 'survivor'!" I thought.
Survivors have tragedy in the past and I did not want to ACCEPT any of the sort in my life.
But after some time passed... to let the recent reflections sink in... I realized...
I am a survivor! I really am!
And that is okay!
I have finally accepted this.
I am a survivor.
And now upon accepting this truth in my life...
I am ready to thrive.
I have arrived... but I am not at my destination. Not yet.
I am excited to be 50 years old and to be on such an exciting journey.
And it feels so good to feel the sun and the rain.
:-)!
