The Power of Vulnerability by Brene Brown

The Shift

As we progress through life, we experience different shifts within us…

I call them transitions…

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Twenties

Oh, twenties…feeling nostalgic 

The song “Living like a Hurricane” by Erika comes to mind…

I often see myself in what my younger friends do, say, or think…

Challenge the norms and rules…

Expand boundaries…

Experience the independence…

Be the devil’s advocate, know it all attitudes…

Curious, daring, and invincible…

Finding a “but”…in everything and sure an opinion…

Debating everything…Gosh…it sure feels exhausting :)

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Thirties…

Hmm…I felt the shift…

The song “I Stand” by  Idina Menzel comes to mind...

I felt awareness…

My experiences became purposeful…

I felt intention on my part…Nothing was wasted…

Each experience had a message and a messenger…

I began to focus on things that matter to me…

Listening more…expanding…and sure stretching my comfort zone…

Yet, there was still a void…within…

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Forties…

“Somewhere” by Barbra Streisand comes to mind…

Gosh, I am almost there…

I find myself smiling more…

Feeling peaceful

Caring less…yet feeling so much more…

I am paced

Yet dynamic in my thinking

I am progressive

Things matter…I matter…The world matter

I feel joy…

I want to share it with the world…

I notice…myself…as I relate to the world around me…

What makes me happy, sad, angry, hurt…

What feels good and what does not

I feel my breathing…my heart…

Connecting with my own self…

Discovering and understanding my triggers…

Healing them…

Accepting them as part of me and

Finally embracing the good and the not so pleasant …

About me and the world…

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Fifties 

Lyrics of “People” by Barbra Streisand

Hmm…I will likely be centered…

Yet, expending myself, my knowledge, and experiences to the world…

I feel curious about how the future would unfold

Yet, I am not in a hurry ;)