I missed the party :( though I wish you the best for the coming year.

Much love to you and your dad.

I’ve started to ask myself throughout the day: “What’s great about this moment?” Doing this always lures me into a good mood. This is probably the next step to keeping a gratitude log each day. It reminds me that miracles happen in every moment.

That said, I have an abundance of gratitudes since I last wrote here.

I’m grateful for the wonderful trip to Hawaii and Tokyo that I took with my mother. Travelling around the world together we laughed a lot and I’m grateful for the experience. This photo is me walking along Waikiki beach on one of our first days there. I love this picture for capturing the brilliant aqua colour of the ocean. Its brightness reflects how I felt walking on the sand that day.

Honalulu and Tokyo for being so open and gracious.

I wake to the sounds of birds singing every morning. Maybe they just moved into my neighbourhood or maybe my ears are more alive to nature these days. I adore the way they open my days.

The small miracles that happen to me every day, like finding the weekend paper in the lobby left by someone when I was on my way out to buy a copy. How amazing are these moment?!

My vision wall is alive with pictures and colour. It’s my version of the vision board, except it’s my hallway wall. I love looking at it – the smiling faces, the cheerful colours and light. They are my constant reminder to what’s possible.

My inexplicable sense that things are unfolding as they should for me. Even when my rational mind may be in red alert zone, my instincts tell me that I’m in the right place, doing the right thing.

I’m doing exactly what I want to do, and I love doing it.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been on this site. Somehow coming back from my trip I wanted to stay in that ‘away’ feeling. And maybe I just wanted to take a vaction from goal setting and seeking. It’s summer and it feels great to simply stand outside in the sunshine.

I missed everyone here and I liked being away too. Updating my goals were becoming a chore, something that I felt obliged to do, and going away made me realize that it was okay to take it easy and not be in the struggle all the time.

So, I’ve been away and I may be away on an off this summer, or maybe from now on. I don’t know. I love this community and the positive place this site holds for me. There’s a way to do all of this – have fun and get to the top of the mountain – without trying all the time. Something in me needs this break.

As this goal dictates: I’m off to have fun and enjoy my life.