It's amazing to think that 2011 is almost over already. It feels like it just began! This January's Sundance Film Festival seems like just the other day. But once I think about it, I realize that so much has happened since.
Growing up I always heard how each year goes faster and faster... If that's true, then I'm screwed because they are already going uncomfortably fast. Yesterday, while at a birthday luncheon, one guest told me he'd known the birthday girl since 1996. Upon first glance, I imagined that this wasn't too terribly long, but once utilizing my inceibly sound math skills, I deducted that this had been in fact 14 years, which seems to be a rather significant amount of time after all.
Nevertheless, this is a reminder that time is ticking by and if you aren't accomplishing what you want to at this point, then this seems to be an appropriate moment to take a step back, review and update your game plan. I have a great many personal and professional goals that have yet to be attained. Some pen, paper, coffee and quiet prove a good combination to writing out one's goals and action steps in a logical and do-able manner.
Something which strikes me to the core, however, is the lack of living in the moment that I see all around me and even within my own life. What is the difference between a child and an adult? Besides age, it is responsibilities, obligations, technology and tasks. A child is free to completely immerse herself in exactly where she is. As a youth, I felt like each season lasted eternally. Now it's already December 5th and I haven't had time to enjoy the Holiday season yet! This is an alarm bell for me to live more in the moment, and to enjoy the present, always. While it comes naturally to children, it is an entire other beast for adults. I promise that it is well worth it to take that time though, as often as you can manage, to enjoy your present.
This Christmas I hope to slow down enough to enjoy and indulge myself in the season. It's a beautiful, magical time of year, and I wish for everyone to experience it for themselves in it's entirety.
God bless.
