It can seem so slow and then blink, it disappears.
Last year on the 365th day of 65, I was sailing to Cuba! Cuba! One of my top life experiences!
Today, I am home and reflecting on one amazing year. I LOVE adventures and travel. God has blessed me with both. I have no idea why I have been given the opportunities in my life!
However, I will say, I do look for them. I look for them locally and around the world! Since I was a little girl I have known there is a big awesome world out there and I want to know about it.
I live in a Mayberry kind of town. Our income is average for our small community. I should not by any stretch of the imagination been on the adventures that this past year afforded me. As I list them here and reflect, I am thinking this is not real. I have stayed in beautiful places and in the poorest of areas. I cherish all that I have been blessed with. I take nothing for granted!
Cuba, Dubai, Zambia, Honduras, Costa Rica (2x), Oregon, Florida (3x), Grand Cayman, Cartagena, Panama, Cozumel (2x). Each time I return to Illinois. All of this during my 66th year!
On this last calendar day, before I begin year 67, I would encourage those who may read this entry to embrace each day that has been given to you. If you have a 'bucket list', then start filling that bucket! No day is ideal! I have yet to have a day where my plans have played out as I either desired or orchestrated. I do know that to have adventures one must not wait for 'someday' or to expect perfection! It never comes!
None of us knows when our last breath will be breathed. But I encourage all to embrace each day! Where ever we are placed we have a purpose in life. Take a risk! Do that thing that is a 'someday' thought. Someday never comes unless you make it happen.
The Bible, is my source of wisdom and comfort. I close today with these passages.
Our lives last seventy years
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow;
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow;
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.
Teach us to number our days carefully
so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.
Lord—how long?
Turn and have compassion on Your servants.
Satisfy us in the morning with Your faithful love
so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days.
Make us rejoice for as many days as You have humbled us,
for as many years as we have seen adversity.
Let Your work be seen by Your servants,
and Your splendor by their children.
Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
establish for us the work of our hands—
establish the work of our hands!
Psalm 90:10, 12-17 (Bible)
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