You find strength in the craziest places. Sometimes even in strangers.
The New Year is almost here.. and I cannot wait. I can't wait for this week to be over.. for 2011 to finally be done. It came with a lot of pain.. but a lot of life lessons, that I'm so incredibly grateful for.
Today I read something I wanted to share.
~A father and his son are at the circus. The son sees a massive elephant shackled with old, rusted, flimsy chains. The boy asks his father "Isn't that elephant strong enough to break out of those chains?" The father replies "Of course he is, it's just that he's been chained like that since he was too small and weak to break free.. so now he doesn't know the difference."
Isn't it a little unsettling to think... you could be the elephant?
I know next year means a million new things. A million new adventures. For a lot of years now, I've known what life meant. Disappointment. Now suddenly I'm not in those chains anymore. And you know what? It's pretty liberating to know that happiness is actually an option. As... emo as this sounds.. I don't think I really knew that before.
Someone I recently met taught me to dream again. And as dumb as that sounds.. I owe this person so much more than I could ever explain for giving me that.
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Christmas is over which means it's going to be January.. which means it's going to be my Birfday!!!!!! My birfday!! And even though I am not too excited to be the big.... 25... (ahhg) I have gone into full blown Martha Stewart party planning mode. I cannot freaking wait!!!!! I've never really had a big birthday party before.. ever. In fact for the last several years my birthday has... well it's simply sucked haha. At least 3 of the last 6 years.. I spent my birthday all by myself. So to be able to spend it with my close friends and family is going to be amazing. A good way to kick of 2012 right? Well if everyone comes.. I guess if they don't then I just dance around like an idiot eating cake all by myself.. in a schmancy cocktail dress lol.
And you know.. I'm mostly ok with that ;)
Yeah right! Like you'd be alone LOL
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of explicit things I could say about 2011, but I am as well determined to make 2012 a much better year. A life changing year.
ReplyDeleteThis quote has always been on one of my favorites, and it is something that will be the forefront of my mind in 2012
"Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again.” —Steve Jobs
The elephant with the chain is a similar idea, and I like both of them. Don't ever settle for anything. Push yourself forward. Get rid of the bad things in your life and just move on.
P.S. I always enjoy reading your blogs. I think they are clear, well thought out and very well done. More than logistically I just like reading what you have to say.
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