impromptu invite*

We are always getting ready to live but never living.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

one of my intentions this new year is to be present....live in the now...take advantage of opportunities as they arise....so when my hubby extended an invitation for an impromptu motorcycle ride into the desert......i let go of what "needed" to be done and accepted!  so glad i did....

look at what i would have missed!

new days*

The day is December 31st and we are on our way to Oceanside, California for a week by the sea.  I'm not so much in the frame of mind for resolutions, per se, but for reflection of the past year and purpose for 2013.

I have heard a lot about choosing a WORD for yourself, for the year ahead. A word that sums up your intentions, needs, resolve, or anything else that it might bring forth.  The word that came to me wasn't through searching.....or stressing......it just popped into my head, and i said "YES" that is MY world for the year 2013.

RESILIENCE/RESILIENT   

meaning 

able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed.
 able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions...buoyancy.

when i told bryan what i had chosen, he said that to him, it meant getting back to the original OR BETTER place with or because of the experience.

i like that.

and while i was at it....i thought well why just choose one WORD.....why not go with a whole phrase......more words.....more help! so i started thinking............... one thing i am not very good at is letting go.....of worrying about what i can't control.......there is so much worry involved in having 5 daughters, 3 sons-in-laws and 8 grandbabies......and while i wouldn't change it for the world.......if i didn't color my hair....i probably would be showing a lot of silver by now!   the phrase i chose is:

LET GO.....LET GOD

now i know there are things I CAN do ....that i am responsible for what i DO have control over.....and how i react to life and my daily intentions and work........how i treat others, what vibes i put out into this world......but my hope in 2013, is to realize and accept, that when i have done all i can.....and i have NO control.....to let go and let God.

easier said that done....but it is my intention 

along with a word and a phrase....i wrote down a few more *intentions* that i would like to work at:

*be more grateful

*get outside more....more short excursions with bryan and with the girls and grands

*more nature

*things we WANT to do.....DO them

*play more

*worry less

*be who i am

*ENJOY life

*LIVE life

*create

*be the best i can be to help others

*let go of anger

*harmony

*healing

*help the grands with hard things

*be active

*healthy eating

*adventurous

*spontaneous

*positive not negative

*create memories

*be PRESENT

*listen more...talk less

here is to new days.....and new growth