After taking a few weeks away from HOS, I am now returning, a bit refreshed, renewed, and refocused.
The start of a new year is often the time to cleanse, purge, and make our resolutions. The past few weeks have been a time for me to reevaluate priorities, as I learn to let go of the old and embrace the new. Just as I made room in my closet today, I have chosen what to keep and what to be free of. It is always a process.
I've always been the kind to look for a better way of doing things so I don't get stuck in one pattern or way. My late husband had something to do with this, because he never liked to drive the same road day after day. He would mix things up by taking a path less traveled. Initially this seemed odd and weird to me, but I found myself to be similar. I would uniquely rearrange my furniture on a regular basis, confusing our house cats who couldn't find their comfortable chair, to our friends who wondered why.
This has allowed me to appreciate change and diversity which is probably a good thing because it's allowed me to adapt to a new culture. Coming to California from the East Coast was very, very hard and when I tell people we knew no one here, they can hardly fathom our sense of adventure. But I knew if it was God's will.... there WOULD be a way.
As I talk to countless people, I hear a common theme in this new year....... a feeling of aimlessness and hopelessness. It seems if we don't know what to do, where we're going, or how to get there, we do nothing. In my way of thinking, this cannot be.
There is always hope, even when you cannot see or feel it. Find the real thing because the fake form is always out there. Fortunately, we never received false hope regarding my husband's irreparable damage and condition. I knew what the outcome would be... and I knew what my outlook had to be.
Outlook - "point of view; expectation for the future, a mental attitude or picture. A characteristic attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations."
Hopeful in Southern Cal......