The seven fold way

I am always hearing people ask what are your goals?  Where do you want to be five years from now?  I know that sounds wise.  Goals lead people in the right directions.

Or do they?

Five years ago I could never have dreamed I would be where I am, doing what I do.  Five years ago, having given up on my most cherished dreams, I thought I was doing what was expected of a woman my age and in my situation.  Nothing could have been further from the truth. 

I saw myself as the people around me saw me, an unattractive woman in her late fifties who was just killing time until it killed her.

Thank goodness I failed at that, or rather the situation failed me and what seemed tragic was, in fact, a great boost in the right direction.  Not right away mind you.  I had to make one more logistical error before I started on a journey of mythical proportions.

Indulging myself by doing something I love I discovered that it is truly the road to contentment, even happiness, which is worth more than money in my book. 

Now, if you asked me how my life is I could tell you with absolute honesty that it is nearly perfect!

And the words absolute honesty are key here!  I am finally doing the very things I have loved since I was old enough to read and write and I am doing them both without any baggage and with great joy!

Learning to be myself and love me for who that is has increased the quality of my life seven fold.  Everything else just seems to fall in place when I do that.

I just had a conversation that spanned Sesame Street, Gothic horror and editing a book!  That is me in a nutshell.