2016, you helped me embrace my age. The initial entrance into The Thirties was without physical fanfare, but there was much tremor, quaking, pressure, apprehension within.
- Where am I in my career? Am I even going to have a career?
- Marriage, relationships, dating? All uncharted territory! Er, where do I start? Mmmm...actually, do I want to start? Maybe it's less scary not to...
- Who's journeying with me?
- Am I being left behind?!
(Ah, would you like to say 'Hello' to the silent neurotic thoughts turning in my head? :p)
2016, you kind of threw a couple of curve balls at me. And I've never really been very athletic, so those curve balls were quite challenging.
But those curve balls? They got me thinking. They got me looking deeper within me.
What do I value? What do I love?
Where am I supposed to be investing my time?
What are the gifts given to me by so rich and loving a Giver, and yet I have left unopened?
And if I am giving of myself, what sort of me am I giving out?
If I am giving, what is my reSource?
Those curve balls? I had to take time to examine where they hit me, and what they did to me, so that I could learn how I could manage them, and more importantly myself.
Those curve balls. I think 2017, 2018...would throw some at me too. I may still be hit by some. But I hope I am learning to recover better from the initial 'oof!' when they hit.
And I want to laugh some more, when I get floored sometimes. And I want to laugh at myself too!
So thank you 2016, you have shown me there is much for me to learn still. That makes me feel hopeful. There are (endless) opportunities and possibilities.
So long and thanks for all the fish!
And here's a funny picture to remember some of the laughs of 2016, and to also thank God for the fellow sojourners He sent my way.
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