THE POWER OF AND
It hit me many years ago that one of the most negative and limiting words in the English language is “but.”
It hit me many years ago that one of the most negative and limiting words in the English language is “but.”
I wrote the piece below for my old Blog 6-1/2 years ago (interesting that I now notice it was written on X’s Bday), and I recently shared it with a beloved soul in my life, who wanted to have more context for me and my journey.
I am over the moon to be at this place where I am, truly, IN LOVE. What makes it even more thrilling, and humbling, is that it’s for the very first time. Yes, I mean it. People have always been shocked when I have shared that I have never been in love.
If a friend had told me, a few years ago, that their daughter hasn’t spoken to him/her for 2-1/2 half years, I’m pretty sure I would’ve made an assumption of some sort.
There are a few subjects that I ponder often, (the moment of) “New Year’s Eve” always connects at least two of them.
At this special time when the confluence of so many holidays can fill us with so many feelings and emotions, when transitions abound, I see this period, these segues, as one of “Invitations.”
Whenever I wonder why I’m so deeply called to be the kind of “Storyteller” I somehow have evolved, unfolded, to become, I only have to think of one word. Perspective.