So the other day at work, someone turned to me and asked if I knew anything about a colleague who had a stroke and has still not returned to work....I paused, responded that I had heard she was progressing, and then sighed....a big, loud sigh! This colleague was simply fine one day and gone the next...work kept going on; life here barely paused for her tragedy, and two months later her status seems like no more than an afterthought...SIGH...there it is again...the reality that the beat goes on with or without us really makes me ponder what life is all about....
I've been really transforming my life over the past couple of years, and I have heard countless times, when I have wondered out loud if my choices are correct ones, "life is short Naomi...you only live once Naomi..." and I can't tell you how those words resonated in my mind after pausing to respond about my colleague...
I love my new job, yet it doesn't consume me for I realize and place importance on ME and my life as much as I can...I can't say that was true when I worked in Detroit...my job often took a toll on the rest of my life...and especially on me...but that is no longer the case...I do all I do because I feel passionate about my work being a reflection of how I live my life...
I have, in fact, spent quite a bit of energy and effort over the last couple of years on making sure my life is about living every moment to its fullest...enjoying every day as much as I can, and placing my head on my pillow every night with as few regrets as possible...yet the pause in my response...and those RESONATING words really made me take stock once again....we only have this life to live ONCE...
I guess what I'm leading up to is that I feel I'm at another turning point in my life...at a point where I have to let those words resonate so I don't fall back into living simply by what's comfortable, more acceptable or easier for others....I have to stay focused on living MY life...being true to MYSELF...and making the most of every opportunity that comes my way if it is in line with my wants and desires...I don't want to be anyone else for anyone else except for who I am....life really is too short, and I can no longer live my life by what others hope for me or expect of me...
...I want the beat to go on....just need to follow the beat that resonates from inside of me..
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