Lucky Stars

I watched the movie Wanted last night, and it is AMAZING! if you haven't seen, you definitely should. Be aware though, that it definitely makes you think. The last line in the movie is "What the fuck have you done lately??" Well, I... uh... I... It has context related to the plot of the movie, of course, but you get the idea.

Anyway, that got me thinking about a new, but increasingly dear friend of mine who is going through a hard time right now... She is, for the first time, I think, finding out that she is an incredibly strong woman, and that she has the power and the drive to control her own life. That's a great thing to discover, usually, but for her it is so bitter sweet, because, for many reasons, her life is not her own right now. Thinking about that made me realize how incredibly lucky I am, but also that I am in danger of taking some very important things for granted.

I can do what I want, when I want to do it. I have people around me who enrich my life, and if I ever feel like someone no longer does, I can remove them without much difficulty. I am accountable to myself first and foremost, and my happiness is allowed to be my priority right now. I have taken a lot of steps in my life to put myself in this position, to be sure, but I have never valued it more than I do now, seeing someone I truly care about struggling for that identity.

So here are some promises I want to make to myself:

I will always have new goals.
I will NEVER allow myself to go back to not knowing, to living in monochrome.
I will always strive to live my life with both passion and purpose
I will trust the people that I love.
I will not settle.

If you are lucky enough to be in this same place, recognise it, because if you lose sight of it, you may never find it again.