Dazzled is exactly how I feel when life surprises me with what makes my heart smile; something lovely/funny about my Little World (collectively my children or the husband), an inside joke between me & God (usually at my expense), a picturesque double rainbow on my way to work or some one's surprising wit that makes a less-than-attractive giggle bubble out of me at inconvenient times (work, where I'm supposed to be the serious boss). It's little moments like these that I thrive on when I'm feeling so much pain, or so unwell that I don't know how I can do what my family depends on me to do everyday. I need these dazzles, and every single one that comes my way is a necessary blessing. That being said, who's to say I can't throw a little dazzle back into the universe too? So that's my theme for 2012;
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| Coffee! *giggle* I got this on Google images "Coffee Art"
Make everyday Dazzle with Awesome (even the bad days!).
Live courageously, love generously, smile honestly & work intelligently; protect myself only from what truly needs protection against
& embrace whatever good or whatever hurt that may come with the rest.
Some goals I plan to accomplish with this theme in mind are:
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- Participate in more of my company's philanthropic events when I am able: There is at least one every 6 weeks or so; it's something I've wanted to do as both a great opportunity to build memories with my family as well as team-building activity for my employees while doing something necessary & important for others. Everyone wins!
- Scrapbook with my kids. This is NOT an activity I find enjoyable, nor is it something I have ever done willingly, however my kids are more & more interested in doing it and they want to do it with me- and who would regret doing THAT(once a month)?
- Continue on the medical journey-taking control of my health: Build a medical team that is willing to help me become & stay healthy with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Don't worry (all of you biting your nails...reading this blog...get it? That's funny....ok I think I'm funny), I'm not going to make this blog even more boring with posts of "what I did that was awesome" everyday. I'll just post the spectacularly awesome dazzle either from universe or from me.
~Kris
Hey Kris,
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year my friend! Awesome image on the last blog of my home town (where ironically I again missed NYE LOL).
I really like your 2012 goals... I especially like the part about only protecting what needs to be protecting and embracing the hurt and the good that comes from those experiences. I certainly didn't get to that detail on my new years blog but I really do endorse it fully.
I hope 2012 exceeds your expectations in every way!
Thank you Displaced! It was important to me to add in the protection part, I did something last year thinking I was embracing something good (albeit scary) & it turns out I should have been protecting myself against it, and I'm still dealing with it's repercussions.
ReplyDeleteI thought of you when I saw the GORGEOUS picture of Sydney Harbor- it took my breath away.
Happy New Year to you too, I'm excited to read your journey through it this year. :)