I know. I know. I am a little early to the party with this one.
But inspiration struck as I drove home tonight, and since inspiration has been MIA lately I thought we’d take it and run with it.
Here we go. 11 lessons that I learned, a few the hard way, in 2011:
1. ‘Cold’ is relative. Somehow the 40s really do feel quite unbearable in California. {Thankful we don’t see a lot of them.}
2. A crush is called ‘a crush’ for a darn good reason.
3. When it sounds to good to be true, it probably is.
4. There is something unmistakably lovely and unusual about the fall in the South. College football, brisk mornings, and glorious foliage should not be taken for granted.
5. ‘Ay de mi!’ is a term of exclamation that we learned in Spanish class, but not one that is used by any real Spanish speakers.
6. God is more concerned with who we are becoming than what we are doing. {Pretty sure I have learned this one before and will be learning this one again. It’s a good thing I am surrounded by friends that won’t allow me forget it.}
7. Life is better lived in the company of a great dog.
8. The Pacific Ocean is breathtaking, even when you see it everyday.
9. Moving cross-country creates moments where exuberant joy and poignant grief collide, often leaving you confused and speechless.
10. Friends come in and out of our lives. While it’s hard to see them walk off stage, it is so fun to see what scene they show up in next.
11. Entering our ‘promised land’ is not necessarily the big red bow neatly tying up the end of our story. We will still have to fight combat fear, grieve our past, and learn to stop trying to go at it our way and embrace complete surrender.
Now it’s your turn. What’s one lesson that you have learned in 2011?
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