Celebrate Life: Vast and Deep

 

Life is in the clouds: great life, broad life, deep life, elevated life.

Hawaiian Proverb

           

            There’s a song I love by the jazz vocalist Dianne Reeve, entitled, “Better Days”.  The words that resonate with me are, “…you can’t get to no better days until you make it through the night.” Dark and frightening deepness of the dusk have brought forth bright and shining opportunities. Keep looking up even when you’re down!

            How do we maintain this joy on the journey— regardless of trials and tests?

            Three things come to mind: Find ways to proclaim good news. Do mark the milestones in life. Write them down. 

            So make your list of joys as vast and wide as you choose.  Then shout it out!

 

Here’s my list of Journey’s Joys:

·         My mother and family loved and love me

·         Getting to know and learn from my grandparents          

·         My graduations from high school and college

·         All of my birthdays

·         Getting my commission as an Army officer

·         The births of my nephew and 2 nieces

·         Getting my first paid training/consulting contract

·         Seeing my mother retire from her job at the factory

·         Paying off my first car and getting the title

·         My Mom’s 70^th birthday party we gave her in 2007

·         Paying for my Master’s Degree with my Mastercard – then settling that debt

·         Ten years as a cancer survivor

·         Buying my first home in Phoenix

 

            Remember LG (Life is Good). ISO – in spite of.

Excerpted from my motivational autobiography, Navigating Life’s Roadways: Stories of Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey in print and Kindle eBook http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008FQDPYE