New Year's Resolution...Back to Blogging

I'm BACK, FINALLY!!!

It has been almost 3 years since I started this blog and more than 2-1/2 since I last posted an entry.... I found it to be such a wonderful outlet... and then "life" and circumstances took over and suddenly I could never seem to find (or make) the time to return to it...I got caught up in everything that life threw my way and stopped making time for me....

With the New Year, one of my resolutions is to "Make time for me"... Doing that most certainly necessitates that I return to writing on a regular basis...

I always find it cathartic and a way to "center" myself when life gets overwhelming and crazy...Yet, it is the 1st thing I push to the "back burner" when life gets overwhelming and crazy...

I need to stop doing that! I need to treat myself better... so here I am, in my [current] crazy, mixed up world, deciding to slow down enough to take the steps necessary to stay focused on the things that matter - not getting caught up in the "thorns', but remembering instead to find and focus on the "roses"- to find my "balance" and "walk" through the chaos & turbulence that is "life" with the grace and dignity that is mine for the taking; if I remember to slow down enough to recognize and use the gifts & tools that I have been blessed with, for achieving that goal....

Time will march on regardless of whether I journey through it in chaos or calm. It seems much more reasonable to opt for the calm, so as to be able to enjoy the journey...