Sparkle Me!

"I went into the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life... to put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Henry David Thoreau

My hero. My aspiration. This is my desire. To live fully and deliberately and consciously take action. One year ago. One year ago today was more than a Valentine's day moping around with a broken heart because my special somebody hurt me. One year ago today I was left completely shattered. Largely because I realized, for the first time I really realized how little I meant. That I didn't mean anything and yet had given so much--I had nothing left. There was no reciprocity. There was pain, and anger, and hurt...I experienced a broken heart compounded by so much more. One year ago was the end of my old life and the birth of my new self. It was a discovery, a journey into places I didn't want to go, places I didn't want to see.

And so today I celebrate.
I celebrate love and happiness and myself. I don't need to be in love to be happy. In fact, being in a "relationship" almost destroyed me.
And so today I celebrate.
I celebrate being strong and alive and happy.
I celebrate a life full of new beginnings and success.
I celebrate a life where I can stand alone.
I celebrate a life of freedom and blessings and rewards.
I celebrate new discoveries and grateful moments.
I celebrate music. And dancing. And candles. And red wine. And chocolate. And ice cream. And pink nail polish. And movies. And coffee.
Today I celebrate a new life with hope and faith and trust.

You have to crawl before you can walk. I've learned you can dance whenever. And so today I begin a new life dancing to the rhythm of life...whatever that happens to be.