The Luck of the...Irish?
The ability to change our own lives is astonishing to me right at this moment. After a lovely St. Patrick's Day yesterday spent with various people that I Love, massive amounts of ethnic food (Irish and Mexican???) and a generally cheerful existence I couldn't help but reflect on where I had been a year ago. (This is a strange habit that I have tried to break myself of due to the obvious nostalgia/regret factor.) And the difference is startling. For the better. That is an understatement.

I'm not going to give much detail about the past but it was not a pretty picture. I was a shell of a person surrounded by people that didn't mean anything to me, behaving in ways that were not true to any version of myself and generally unfreakinhappy. Enough said.

And it amazes me that now I am walking such a different road. I am embraced by the best quality people, working at a job that both challenges and inspires me and I am so proud of my journey and the decisions that I'm making along the way. And most importantly-I am so freakin happy. For the sunshine. The music. The laughter. The food. Joy is tangible.

And it is all because I chose to change my path. The concept is so empowering. I couldn't see the slight changes along the way but they have all added up to something incredible and beautiful. And it just reminds me that we all have it within us to make our own lives worth living. It's so hard to remember that when the sky is bleak and dark. But it's always possible.