Happy New Year!

And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself
To hold on to these moments as they pass

~A Long December, The Counting Crows

Happy New Year Everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday.  It's back to work today for me and I've actually been looking forward to it.  There is something nice about routine. And it helps when you like your job! :) 

Over the holidays I watched several movies, read several books (including one called A Girl's Guide to Homelessness by Brianna Karp, http://girlsguidetohomelessness.com/read-the-book/), drank a lot of coffee, and caught up on my sleep.  It was lovely! But today it's back to reality!

I can't believe it is 2013!  ( I have to remember to date my correspondence accordingly.) I really enjoy the beginning of  a new year because it seems like you are starting over again...like this year things could be different...maybe this year will be better than the last...

Something is different this year for me. In years past I was always wishing I were somewhere else, doing something else, living a life that I wasn't living, making plans for the future...but not this year.  This year I feel like my prayer has been answered...I feel content. 

There is something really beautiful about contentment.  Feeling like my feet are firmly planted in a place so I can grow.  Enjoying the world around me and appreciating where I am in this exact moment in my life.  Maybe it's because I am growing older...but I am living in the present now more than I ever have.  I am so blessed with an amazing husband, family and friends who love me, a home at the beach, a super sweet puppy dog, a job that I enjoy and feel needed in, and I still have my life ahead of me.

In the past I would get caught up in what I didn't have and would dwell on these things.  They weighed heavy on my heart and I allowed them to form and shape how I viewed the world. But when I started to enjoy the place that I am in, the present, my world became a much happier place! I am thankful for this season in my life!

I hope the best for you in the New Year and above all I hope that you can find contentment and joy in your lives just where you are.