Here it is, New Year's Eve 2013! I have actually worked all day and am pretty pooped to be honest. I doubt that I will be able to stay awake until midnight. But I am okay with that. I have been prepping for this New Year by cleaning my house, organizing my closets and doing lots of thinking.
As you all know, every year, I choose a word of the year. For 2013, it was "Change". It was a good word, but I do think I should have been more specific because it seems that I ended up with more "hot flashes from THE CHANGE" and even several pockets of "loose change" than the other types of "Change" that I was seeking!
This year went by so fast that I didn't really feel ready to completely give up on that theme, but I wanted to expound upon it. Perhaps "Transformation" was more of what I was looking for. But "Transformation" brings on visions of robotic transformers...and that wasn't my thing....so after lots of contemplation, I decided on a word that describes one of life's most beautiful transformations. It is also the word I use to describe the feeling you get in your gut when you are stepping outside of your comfort zone, pushing your limits a bit beyond what most people would do. That "little bit scared", "little bit excited" feeling.....you know the feeling!
BUTTERFLIES!
Yes! Butterflies! I have some goals that scare me a little. Things I want to do but they are infact outside of that space where I feel safe and secure. A friend told me recently that "the good things happen outside of your comfort zone". "That is where the magic happens". I believe that to a large degree. You have to push your own boundaries or you will never experience your full potential. I thought about the caterpillar all safe inside the cocoon. Working quietly at her transformation. Then with effort, she works her way outside of the safety of that cocoon and prepares to spread her wings.
I am not ready to share what all of my goals are yet. There are many. But I just wanted to tell you to be on the look out for Butterflies! When you see one, think of me, here in Hawaii, spreading my wings, and becoming all that I can be!
a hui hou
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