In a moment yesterday with my daughter, I had the opportunity to tell her about some of the fun things I have gotten to do in the past (Admittedly, I have had many jobs). I told her I got to go to NYC for the world premiere of Hercules, the Disney animated film. She didn't believe me. She thought I was joking.
So I started thinking about what I have been able to do in the past and what that makes me today. I'm not certain if I should let my past shape my future or just let it be what it was. Indeed, I have done some really cool things - I have had some heartaches, and I have had a lot of laughter! I guess in some ways, I want both. I want to be shaped by my past but I don't want to be imprisoned by it.
It has given me pause to think about the person who checks me out at the local grocery store. What is her story? Did she used to do something great? Life is like a wave - sometimes we get to see it from the top of the wave (I'm not a surfer but, I'd love to add that to my life list) and sometimes we are at the bottom. But either way, there will be another and another. Life has a way of moving on.
Is there something in your life that was like it was at the top of a wave? Are you at the bottom right now trying to figure out how to get back on that surfboard?
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