New Year Challenges
Light, Love, Energy and Resolution
Have you ever stepped out of the shadows of doubt?
“And the day came when the risk [it took] to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom” – Anais Nin
What fills your mind’s eye just before you wake?
This morning it was a question Rui Alves posed for us: What resolutions have I stuck with in the past, present, and future?
I hadn’t opened my eyes yet, but I was aware, snugged in and selfish, with my writer’s voice, contemplating the day I took my marriage vows.
I don’t have a single living cell in my body that was there the day I said “Yes, I will marry you.”
“I was watching you sleep, and you have a beautiful face…”
Bob’s words as I fully wake up make me catch my breath.
My husband was laying there watching me while I was sleeping?
My toes curl as my feet arch in discomfort.
‘Why? I love him. I’m safe with Bob, but hearing him call me beautiful tipped a whole cascade of other people’s words looping through my mind.
“He can’t mean me… Don’t get above yourself… You’ll get a puffed…
