Sunday, January 2, 2011

New Year 2011

Happy new year!

One of my Facebook friends is starting a photo-a-day for 2011. Although she doesn't think her life is all that interesting [her opinion, not ours :-)] she is using this exercise as a means of finding beauty in the everyday and mundane. What a great idea.

I wonder, if we all did that, if at the end of the year we could look back and remember how we were and where we were when that photo was taken. I wonder if one day we took a photo of the mundane only to find that the next day our photo is of something completely unexpected.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that 2010 for me was a year to remember. And while it may have started out 'everyday and mundane' it certainly picked up speed along the way and ended just as surprisingly.

I remember that night in March when Rob came home and told me that he'd been offered the job at Reef Pilots and that he had accepted. I felt that my world had come crumbling down. Everything as I knew it was about to change ..... and I was scared - very very scared.

And then I remember missing him, missing him badly and wondering "what am I doing down here while he's up there - we want to be together, so why aren't we?". And I remember the weekend I went up for look-see and deciding that yes, I can do this, I can live here.

And .... well, you know the rest - you've read the blog :-)

Zoe - with advice for the new year
Another friend sent me one of those cute emails with the little kittens and sage advice on how to welcome the new year -
  • stay alert
  • share time with friends
  • make new friends
  • jump over obstacles
  • face challenges
  • remember to laugh
  • and above all .... be ready for adventure :-)

We will all have an opportunity, this year,  for an adventure. It doesn't necessarily have to be a moving away from home adventure, but at some point we will be presented with an opportunity to have a go, try something new and different - move out of our comfort zone :-)

Will we be ready? Come on .... let's do it!

In this exciting new year ..... life is good :-)

1 comment:

  1. With those tips for a good year who can go wrong?
    Happy New Year

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