The past few weeks I've been able to begin thinking about tomorrow. Some days tomorrow is overwhelming, and I go back to the hour by hour. Some days thinking about tomorrow brings me hope - and for that I'm grateful.
Ten years ago my goals were:
Graduate from college with my MA
Do research in a small community - fall in love with that community
Leave that life
I checked those off, then decided I needed to let life guide me. It has done well - and I am so grateful for the adventures, experiences I have received these past 10 years. I would have never dreamed I could be a college professor, a chaplain, involved in the arts, married the man of my dreams, become an "other" mother to 4 beautiful children, serve as a chaplain, as a business executive, travel to Alaska, be a grandmother, and have cancer.
I have some tangible goals, although they're all over the map in size, duration, plausibility. As I begin, again, I must remember my affirmation for this year, "There is an abundance of time."
As I think about tomorrow, the future, I'm thinking about who I want to be - what I want to do, what are my dreams. This scares me - as much as I like to plan, thinking about a bigger picture does frighten me. I'm ready to face that fear - and I'm ready to put my dreams out to the energy around me, while also recognizing they can change based on the discovery of "just around the corner" - whatever the mind expects tends to be realized.
New Life Goals include:
Continue to look within for answers
Sit in the sun 1/2 hour a day
Exercise daily (dump those 20 cancer pounds), + walk 30-60 minutes a day
Enjoy the summer
Play with my grandchildren
Put my craft-room back together and begin, again, creating
Get another degree
Chaplain more
Buy a motor home and travel
Write, perhaps publish
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