My inspiration for this post came from my dear, longtime blogging friend, Debbie @ Musings by an ND Domer's Mom, who is not only a gifted...
Monday was my 68th birthday.
I don't ever have to do anything special on my birthday to allow my birthday to feel special. Simply knowing it's my birthday makes me happy.
Just for fun while having my morning coffee on Monday, I Googled People Born on October 2nd.
Here are just a few names that came up. Ironically, several of them are people with whom I've always felt a kinship and admired:
*Photographer - Annie Leibovitz, Singer/Songwriter - Sting and Don McLean, Lawyer/Civil Rights Leader - Mahatma Gandhi, French Makeup Artist and Businesswoman - Laura Mercier, Fashion Designer - Donna Karan, and Movie Critic - Rex Reed.
Every year either on or around my birthday, I like to spend some time meditating and reflecting on my life and where it's taken me up to that point. I always feel such gratitude for my life and the different paths I've traveled down; each one bringing me to the next.
And I really mean this...
I wouldn't change a single thing about my life because, for me, I know that everything that has ever happened to me had a purpose. There are no accidents. I don't believe in regret and wish that I could go back and change what happened. As long as I sincerely feel that I have learned something from my past, that's all that matters.
What has it taught me?
The Way I Live My Life-
When I share things about my life and how I live it, I in no way mean that others should live their lives the same because we are all different and have our own ways of navigating and experiencing life.
I'm someone who lives without setting goals for myself because I believe my life is about following where life takes me. And in doing so, I have to stay very alert to the little "nudges" life gives me in the way of saying, "Okay Ron, now it's time for you to do this or that" and then I follow those nudges by making choices in those moments. But I have never been someone who sets long-term goals.
In other words, rather than directing my life to go a certain way, I allow myself to be directed.
I can honestly say that every change that has ever happened in my life came not from me but rather from life moving me in that direction.
One day last week, I came upon a reel on Instagram that highlighted a lovely lady who shared how she views life. And what she said struck a chord in my heart.
The person interviewing her asked if she had any angst about a certain age. And her response was so honest because she admitted to feeling angst at the age of 35-36. It was a time when so many things changed in her life (divorce, job change, relocation, losing her mother) and she wondered what she was going to do with her life and how she was going to do it.
It was then that she realized how her life was taking her exactly where she needed to go. As things changed for her and were removed, other things presented themselves. She no longer compares or measures her life to someone else's.
She brilliantly used "a river" to describe how she lives her life...
"We're in a river, and you have to let the river carry you. You cannot force the river. It's about flow. Water is the most powerful element, so allow it to let you flow."
And that is exactly how I see and live my own life.
Riding and flowing with the river...
Have a fantastic rest of your week, folks! 💖
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