So far, so good. My friends are doing well this first week of 2008. A couple are discovering great developments in love and life. I ran this week. Had a great time hanging out with a friend last night. So far, it's been good.
Makes me wonder... How much do we really create our own reality? I've heard that several times before, but I've always thought it was a bunch of B.S. No matter how positive our thoughts, someone's bound to get run over by a bus sometime. But there just may be something to all that.
I'm more determined than ever that this is my time. I was always waiting for my payoff to come. Now I'm thinking, maybe it was never a matter of waiting for the payoff from lessons learned. Maybe--just maybe--it's always been about me putting those lessons to use--not being so passive about it. You think?
As long as I've got my people behind me (because Lord knows things aren't always going to run this smoothly), things are gonna be all right. Gotta keep pushing forward. A peek back now and then is inevitable. Sometimes, I can feel the pain from last year like it's lying on my chest, but the trick is acknowledging that pain and still pushing on.
Denise Chavez, one of my favorite writers and speakers, tells a story: She woke up in the middle of the night one night and spotted a demon in the tree outside her window. She looked at it and told it, "No, I'm really sorry, little demon. You are going to have to sit there 'cause I'm going back to bed."
That's the trick: looking it in the eye, saying hello, and going on about our business. Now, it sounds a lot simpler than it is. But, it's never impossible. If it were, I'd be certifiably insane by now.
Look it in the eye. Move on.
J
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