It's -3 degrees in Chicago today -- and a bitter -29 degrees with wind chill!
But, this harsh weather has been our partner in a truly perfect day: no plans, just moving through hour to hour with lazy ease. And, it has been simply delightful.
In fact, today's serene and joyful calm has actually inspired my 2009 New Year's resolution:
In 2009 I want to have a lot more FUN!
This year, "to do lists" aside, I will make room for fun to flow instead of allowing only pockets. What I learned today is that fun needs room to breath -- make room for it and enjoy yourself and others deeply! What a lesson today has given me! I am incredibly grateful!
Resolutions themselves have been anything but fun for me for years -- in fact, my graveyard of past resolutions is a list of maddening cliches. But, no more cartoon-like self deprecation!
Rather, hello good times!
And, all of this will likely mean, hello health, too! Here's to taking care of the spirit, body and mind with one resolution.
"If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want." -Elbert Hubbard (20th century American writer)
Instead of focusing what isn't in 2009, instead I'll feel a step ahead of all the possibilities! My new personal policy of "mandatory fun" will take no form, and have no rules. In fact, it won't be a resolution as much as a pledge, a religion, a meditation. I don't think I've ever had a resolution I wanted to start right away, but today I do, and that makes me think it really will be a new year!
1 comment:
Stupendo! I love this resolution and the gusto with which you are wrapping your arms around your life!
I can only hope that bringing more joy and fun into your life includes a trip to Italy. ;) Salute, my dear friend, and here's to a year full of fun & adventure!!
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