Refreshed and ready to tackle another year!

I wake up today with a sense of freshness. On this day as I turn 32, I look to my past, at my present and into the future. Another new year and another chance to make yet another great year of my life story. I am beginning to realize that my present life may be holding me in the past instead of allowing me to move into the future. Clean start….that’s the answer. It is truly needed for my future happiness. I have been told several times this past week that I don’t do enough for me or I am too absorbed in thinking of Marcus’ future. What about my own future? Yes they will cross but I have my own dreams and desires. What kind of values can I instill in Marcus if I don’t follow them myself? I am suddenly having these eyes-wide-open awakenings of what I want for my future. No one can make it happen but me. I know now that I can not be truly happy in the long term if I continue the path of the present. I need to move into the future and remove myself from the past. I know this is easier said than done but it must be done. I firmly believe that people and experiences are introduced into your life for specific reasons and times. These people and events are what make us who we are, give us our strengths and point out our weaknesses. It is however, up to us to make the final decisions of what to do with them and how they will change our lives. I am truly thankful for all I have, whom I have come to know, and what I have learned from my previous 32 years in this life. Never taken for granted, never forgotten, and cherished always.