Quotes, songs, people, and tricky situations all make cameos
in my life for a particular purpose and this will always be something I firmly
believe in. With every quote read from Marilyn Monroe, bad experience, failed
attempt at love, or latest hit single by Bruno Mars or Muse, all these elements
of life share a significant ability to help me learn something new about myself
or take me a few steps closer to figuring out the purpose for my life.
My beginning to 2013 involved catching this awful FLU virus
that plagues our nation, working full time, packing for my life change move to
the desert, and spending time with people I will dearly miss, while I take my
life in a new direction. My emotions
about the physical act of leaving my hometown for the past 29 years and the
first few weeks of 2013 would be described as, bitter sweet.
Today on my lunch break the quote above appeared on my
Facebook “News Feed” (I use quotations, because most Facebook status’s would
not be described as “newsworthy” in any of my journalism classes during
college…we should probably call it a Life Feed…just sayin). For the past two weeks I shared my move with
my dear customers at work, who I will miss as well, each one asked me why I
decided to move, my answer now to everyone will be the quote above (most people
think I might possibly be insane for leaving the beautiful land of Southern
California).
As I started growing older and closer to my 30’s, I began to
realize life might be a lot shorter than I anticipated. As a child I couldn’t
wait to be 16 so I could drive, I wanted to be 18 so people would see me as an
adult (LOL 18 shouldn’t even be close to the legal adult age in this country),
or 21 so I could legally buy alcohol, but around 25 the reality of true
adulthood hit after college and sh@# got real pretty fast. No one hands things
to you as easily as my dad handed me his ATM card for mini-shopping sprees at
Target during high school, and now I realize that constant change becomes necessary
to achieve things I dreamed of providing for myself as a child (You know…the ideas
we all daydream about for our adult selves).
The beginning of my 2013 enlightened me to the reasons why I
decided to move, because the songs, quotes, people and situations I experienced
in 2012 helped me recognize what I desired for my future (my parents provided a
lot for me growing up, but they do not hold the key to my own personal success
and happiness). I no longer want to wait
for other people to see my potential, and as every year passes, I no longer
feel time remains on my side.
The world will continue without me one day, but as I enter
the last year of my 20’s, (which excites me since I now believe I rock at life
and I’m finally moving closer towards my goal of cutting my umbilical cord from
my parents) I feel compelled to start my own change and spend more time working
towards reaching the highest potential I am capable of achieving during my time
spent on this beautiful Earth.
P.S. I look forward to 2013 and the path it holds for me, what
quote or realization inspired you at the beginning of this year?
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