Last day of June. Half the year behind us, half still ahead. Six months since New Year’s Eve, six months to the next New Year’s Day.
What did the first half teach you?
What have you learned? What will you carry forward? What will you do again? What will you leave behind?
For me? The first half of my life has been a journey towards being present over perfect.
The road ahead
Here’s to beginning again… to reimagining, to reframing, and to re-imaging. To figuring out what matters to us, and understanding what matters to those around us.
To love ourselves, and to love again.
Ice cream
As I reflect on my years, ice cream comes to mind. John Gottman, the famed psychologist, says life, love, and relationships are built on bids and connections, on embracing shared opportunities. Life lives on the turning towards.
The last few years I had with my dad I was working hard towards a more healthy lifestyle. I was running a 5k nearly every day, and changing my habits to live a longer life. He’d ask me (bid?) to have ice cream with him nearly every night, and nearly every night I’d logically explain how I was striving and working on my healthy lifestyle.
If I had to do it over again, I’d have that ice cream with him… every single night.
Ask me again, and I’d say yes.
That’s my hope for my next six months. To embrace more Yes.
Especially if you ask me to ice cream.
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