Living...for the now.

Here we are.  The end of another year.  What a year it’s been.  Lots of firsts.  Lots of loss. Some great people left us too early leaving an empty slot where they once were.  But, that got me thinking over the last several days.  What does it mean to truly be alive?  To live a fulfilled life.  I realized that it’s whatever you make of it.  You have the choice to make it the best or the worst.  You can cheer your success or dwell in what you wished you could have done.  2015 has been a year that I chose to go out of my comfort zone and explore new thoughts, new art, new people and I gotta tell ya…it’s been one of the most rewarding years in a long time.  I shifted my perspective, kept an open mind and continued to move forward. Rumi writes, “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes around in another form.”   I believe that other form is love.  We find it in so many people and places and when we choose to love openly, the world becomes better. I choose to let people into my life and love them for who they are. I choose to be an honest friend and open minded to their thoughts and ideas.  I choose to Love Hard and live for the now.  Bring on 2016!  Peace, love and happiness to all of you!