Time is my Friend

Wyoming 9“…when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” – When Harry Met Sally

Enthusiasm, ignorance, faith and impatience consistently carried me over the cliff most of my adult life.  Impatient to be a grown up I bounded out of my parent’s house two months after high school.  So young, so unprepared!  Ignorant and craving “something” I pitched myself from Indiana to Michigan to live with my cousin.  Faith, hope and yearning took 21-year old married me from Michigan to Georgia.  Six years later, divorced, impatient and eager to play, I quit my job, sold my house and PLAYED!

Finally ready to “settle down” I lucked into a great company and for 25 years plied my risk taking nature in more constructive ways; got an unconventional college degree and took on jobs bigger than I could gracefully chew with my mouth closed.  Seeking, investigating new horizons – delving into the deep dark crevices of my soul.  Happily took another chance on love and marriage with my generous husband – and continue to learn what taking vows and making promises really means.  Today I sit on the precipice of the last third of my life and I’m REALLY ready for the next leap.

Older, wiser – scraped a bit by the bumpy road I chose, I remain enthusiastic and hopeful.  Still impatient as hell, just not quite as ignorant.  I’m beginning to see how time is my friend – (thank you Renee for a practical and effective mantra!).  Aligning my thoughts and emotions, I calm the impatience and take action to hang-glide off the cliff instead of my usual impulsive, sometimes reckless jump.

I’m amazed how the quantum universe creates a safe space for me to make a difference, learn cool new stuff and practice patience.  It’s pretty easy to be annoyed when I get a “patience” lesson – isn’t that just another way to say some damn thing is flipping in-my-way!  Experience tells me that the “flipping thing” slowing me down often turns out to be a blessing.  Yet, being bound by goals other than my own – I chafe to fly.

My recent foray into tidying is a known exercise of release that worked for me in the past.  Quantum science explains why.  Last week I finished Wes Moss’s book You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think.  Nice!  I am half-way there.  Time is my friend.  I don’t have to do everything today, or even tomorrow.  I’m getting prepared – the thought, word, and deeds are in motion.  My hang-glide date could be closer than I know.  I’m bursting with gratitude, faith and excitement!

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“Those who wish to sing will always find a song.” – Celtic Proverb

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