Tuesday, March 23, 2010

A quarter century's wisdom

I have just recently completed my 25th year on this planet. It was a really significant year for me, marked with a lot of heartache, but also a lot of growth and happiness. I am proud to say that when I look back over the past year, I am not the person I was when I started, and I have grown and changed for the better.

There are still a lot of things I would like to work on, and a lot of questions about life that are still unanswered (or at least, I don't seem to know what the answer is just yet...or haven't grasped that the answer is "no"). However, I believe that life is a journey, and that I'm being shaped for a purpose, so I will take all of my life experience up to this point and use it to continue down the road I'm on.

I wish that I could say I have some specific goals for the coming year, but I don't. Maybe that's a project I should work on. Regardless, I am confident that this next year will be full of more ups, downs and sidewayses, and that I will keep becoming the person I am meant to be.

And with that, a little quote:

"For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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