Saturday, January 9, 2010

numbaaa one

2009 was a year of new beginnings for me - and I thought that starting a blog would help me to continue on a path to continue the list of goals I have for myself, one being to start a blog and write as frequently as I can. I want to start with a note I wrote on facebook during the summer of 2009:
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
- Charles Dickens

As I contemplate how to sum up this past year, I feel as though Dickens puts it best. Every single one of us has gone through a "succession of changes" even though we might not be able to pinpoint every one of them, those changes still happened.

This year I have learned many things. I have hurt numerous people. I have felt immense pain. I have been both ashamed and proud of myself. I have recognized my own harmony. I have felt ugly. I have felt beautiful. I have learned the power of words. I have learned the power of silence.

I learned how to grow up. I was faced with the challenge of being alone for the first time, not knowing what to expect. The beauty of it was, that I was not alone. We all met, we bonded, we lived, we loved, we lost, we learned, we grew. Each and every one of us. In big ways, in small ways, but, in some way, we did. We are not the same people, we are better.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
- Golda Meir

I have learned to trust myself. I trust my instinct, I trust my heart.

I am learning who I am.

I am: a learner, an achiever, a friend, a writer, able, motivated, loving, hopeful, wise, strong, grounded, emotional, careful, organized, efficient, reliable, kind, practical, and willing.
I am willing to give everything for my friends.

I am ready to risk my heart.

I am ready to continue growing.

I am ready to become a better me.

As a new year approaches us all, I hope that you each know what you want to do, who you want to impact, and how you want to grow.

Our progress continues to await us. Motivate, grow, love, and learn, because in the end, that is what our life is for.

Love,
Kelsey


I achieved many of these goals for myself over the past year. I grew in a way I could not have ever imagined - with my family, my friends, myself, my diligence and hard work. I strove to become a stronger individual, and I did. This year I made a new resolution - to grow in my faith. All of these dimensions have begun to add up over time, making me the confident person I have grown to love.

I hope this blog works out. We'll see.

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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