Re-aligning

 Living a fully alive life.

That's a mouthful!  There's also this:  Freedom and joy.  Zest. Vive. Pop. Grit.

Living with intention.  

Running through my head as I watched the sunrise this morning.  Its good to dream but so much better to just live.  We're on this planet; alive in this universe, for a short amount of time. A VERY short amount of time.  Among the timeline of this planet, we are barely a blip.  I would rather use my blip to just live and do what I love and be as good as a human as I can be during this time. 

Clock is ticking.  

This last year, when the world shut down due to a pandemic, we were provided a pause to reflect. To really, finally, think about our place in the universe.  I was able to and able to think of what I was/am grateful for.  My reverence for life grew.  I am so grateful for my sister. And our reconnection over the last decade. I am grateful for the friendships I've developed with all those amazing people I first met at the Tonga Hut, just a few months before the quarantine.  I especially am grateful for my training partner - he's been coming over to my home gym for several months now.  He's an amazing person.  He's become more than "just" a training partner. He and the other (Tonga Hut/Tiki Night crew ;) ), have allowed me the privilege of "giving back".  Sharing knowledge (training), cooking meals, etc.  I've re-discovered the joy of giving.  And I don't ever want to lose track of that joy, ever again.

I decided last year, at the beginning of the quarantine that I would use this time to my benefit. To make a positive out of a negative, if you will.  Not to diminish the losses (all those have have died from COVID), experienced, worldwide.  This last year was truly horrifying for so many.  Honestly, so fucked up in so many ways.  So kept my head down and determinately bull'd my way through.  I'm frakking going to not just survive this year, but come out at the end, ahead.  Dammit. 

Just wanted to post this as it was still fresh in my head.  Get it out; blab-blab type it out.  And I did! So there.  

Later!

Ending this with color.

And with a statement (instead of "words of the week"): Be At Your Best

Word of 2021: Love