Some days inspiration flows in the intimacy of coffee at sunrise, giggles over dreams and the promise of what the rest of the day might hold.
Charlotte Eriksson, sums it up perfectly, with these words:
Let me wake up next to you, have coffee in the morning and wander through the city with your hand in mine, and I’ll be happy for the rest of my effed up little life.
Where do you find your inspiration?
My intention for this new year.
Earlier this year, I made some decisions about the path my life was going to take. And I remember saying to a girlfriend that those decisions should set in motion a series of events that will have a domino effect in my life for the rest of the year!
Man…sometimes I need to hush! Long story short, for the first time in my life I actually worked on my birthday! And guess what? I did not die!
In fact the opposite happened, I felt so alive and so full of gratitude for the blessing of another year of life. For making it to this birthday in good health – give or take a few pounds. I have a family who loves me. Friends (the real kind…not the FB friends who post once a year on your birthday) who take time out of their equally busy days to wish me a happy one.
I welcomed my birthday with my sister…we stayed up to have a drink and reminisce as one year slipped into the next. It was simple. It was perfect. I felt loved…and then the rains came…the perfect goodbye and hello. The promise of a fresh, albeit slightly damp start.
Here’s to a year filled with
Gratitude.
Really good coffee.
Drinks with my sister.
Tiramisu with friends.
Sun on my skin.
Trust.
Slow mornings.
Rainy Sundays.
Avocado toast.
Red eye sunrises.
Writing my own permission slip.
Sauna on “me-days”.
Family dinners.
Belly-laughs.
Loving with my whole heart.
…and most of all
Abundance.
Adventure.
And Infinite Possibilities!
I’m ready. Let’s do this!
I love birthdays. And I especially love my birthday!
I used to expound on how this day in history is waaay too special for just one day, often beginning the celebrations from the 15th of July and continuing until the 15th of August. Yes a whole month. And yes I obviously take myself waaay too seriously as well.
Yet since 2010, I dread making plans. My brother asked me on Sunday what I wanted to do today, and I replied that all I knew is that I wanted to attend Mass, because I don’t like planning anything – he said that’s what lonely people say.
I suppose there is some truth in that for lonely some people.
In my defense, the plan was to be in Tuscany, as I dreamed about here. When that didn’t work out, I tried to secure tickets to St. Marten…but that didn’t work out either. (See why I don’t like making a birthday plan?) But I still maintain my “No Working on my Birthday” rule.
So since I have the day to myself, no office, emails, queries or follow-ups and definitely no Facebook, here is my new plan, which is not a plan, because I really only want to be happy today…however it turns out. I will most likely be awake at midnight, so I will take a moment to say a prayer of thanksgiving. I plan to attend Mass first thing in the morning. Hopefully, that will mean being able to watch the sun rise as well. I want to eat some of my favourite things…so there will be breakfast at one of my favourite places. Then maybe a massage and lunch. There will most definitely be Tiramisu. After that…the plan is to keep it simple.
My birthday post 2010 is always tinged with sadness, mummy died eight days after and even though my sister and brother usually make time for me today and when we get together I feel like she is with us, it doesn’t make it easier. But still I smile, because I have 3? reasons to!
By the end of the day, I hope to have had a moment to reflect on last year and all I have to be grateful for now in this moment.
This is has been my anthem for the last 7 months and I suppose for a long time to come. I hope you listen and enjoy. Happy New Year to me. Life and blogging is ever-evolving. Here’s to a life of simplicity, contentment and Love.
Cheers to an awesome year ahead…cuz “ah come out to live meh life…I’m the happiest gyal alive”!
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Thank You for all the experiences of this past year;
for times of success which will always be happy memories,
for times of failure the lessons which reminded me of my own weakness and of my need for You,
for times of joy when the sun was shining,
for times of sadness which drove me to You.
Forgive me
for the hours I wasted,
for the chances I failed to take,
for the opportunities I missed this past year.
Help me in the days ahead to make this the best year yet,
and through it to draw to myself light and love,
bring happiness and pride to my cohort of awesome,
and joy to You.
Amen.