Anticipation

Dennis and I will be traveling home in a couple of day for a short visit.  Our niece, Victoria, is graduating from high school...the beginning of her adult life!  She has so many adventures ahead of her.  The empty canvas is just waiting for that first brushstroke.  I envy her in a way.  I am trying to recall my thoughts and feelings from my own high school graduation, the anticipation of my life unfolding in front of me.  I don't really recall things as easily as my sister, Sandy, does.  She seems to remember many more things than I do! I remember the pictures that were taken that day.  I think I remember the feelings, but I'm not certain.  Is it unusual that someone can't quite recall the thoughts and feelings they had 23 years ago?  I don't think it is unusual at all.  I am not the same person I was then.  Because we are constantly changing, I couldn't expect to be the same person I was as an 18 year old, and that's not a bad thing.  My life ahead is still unfolding.  From this point forward, I have a new canvas and can create a fantastic painting.  Being envious is a waste of energy.  Even though high school graduation was 23 years ago, life still has many more adventures is store for me.  Like today.  Today is the adventure.

The White Stone

Every year at the first part of January, we have a White Stone ceremony at Unity.  We become still and let a word or phrase that we want to guide us in the coming year emerge.  As I sat in the silence, fearless popped into my head, and  I wrote it on my stone.  That small polished rock sits in the living room.  I see it daily.  Five months into the year, I am finally ready to embrace my word.  Discovering Today:  Finding out who and what we are, and why we are here...fearlessly.   

"Do one thing every day that scares you."  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt