Grateful

Alex sent me a Tedtalks the other night that she wanted to share...it's been a bit busy (and I've been a bit lazy) but after spin class this morning I wanted to vegg for a few minutes and make sure that I started the day right...I knew that because she enjoyed it so much, I would as well.  The Tedtalks was with Neil Pasricha...17 minutes of something wonderful...as he spoke about how he has come to the place he's at right now, his 3 As.

So without giving it away, I'll say that his relation to "Authenticity" is what struck a cord in me.  That if we're authentic, then we're ourselves.  And when we are just ourselves, we follow our own hearts, dance to the rhythm in our own minds, love what we do, enjoy the people we like being with, have the conversations we always want to have.  When we are ourselves people are drawn to us because of who we are, not who they think we are or who they want us to be.  And most important, we not just live in the moment but enjoy the moment.  He reminded me that yes, bad things are bound to happen but it shouldn't prevent us from opening ourselves up to possibility, to being vulnerable and willing to take a chance.  Just because the last person broke our heart it doesn't mean the next person will.  Just because we haven't met the right person yet it doesn't mean we never will.  We grieve and then face the future.

So today I am grateful to Alex for sharing.  Grateful for Natalie going to spin with me at 6.30 yesterday morning.  For my family who calls and leaves me loving messages...and for my two dogs because I smile sitting here enjoying the moment watching them lay on the floor basking in the sun as it comes through the french doors.  Yes, there is so much life to be grateful for.

"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.  Yet that will be the beginning." Louis L'Amour