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© sarampeters 2013
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I'm sitting here on my birthday eve, taking stock of a few things. Each birthday comes with
a bit of New Year's mentality -- what have I done this last year? what didn't I do this last year? what would I like to accomplish this coming year? try? places to travel to? habits to change? .... the questions easily flood my brain, and before I know it, I've beaten myself up, dreamed big and created a larger to-do list and reading list than I could ever keep up with.
Those things will creep into my daily life over the next few months as it is.
But I hope I can set much of that aside and concentrate on the now. I hope this year is filled with "now" moments. Living eyes wide open and in the present. Taking some risks. Working on a couple of big ideas -- ideas that give me that "I think I wanna throw up" feeling.
I hope this year is also a year of preparation. I'm turning 39, and I want to enter my forties expectantly. A year from now, I hope to be ready to enter the next decade of life with more wisdom than today, more self-assuredness, and anticipative delight of what God has in store.
Enough of crippling to-do or idea lists...
This year I want to:
LAUGH
SING
ENJOY THIS MOMENT
INVEST IN OTHERS
ENCOURAGE WITH WORDS
FIND JOY AND BEAUTY IN SIMPLICITY
DO SOMETHING I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO
LOVE MY FAMILY WELL
NURTURE MY PASSIONS
Do you take stock each year at your birthday? What would you like to do differently?
