handwritten on January 26, 2020
1 mile: Tonight was a beautiful night of shared food and love and talking. We are so very lucky to have a beautiful family that is nearby and loves one another. I had to smile because it is always evident that when you actually sit down in the spirit of hospitality, you learn something new from one another. Tonight we somehow got on the topic of children's names or I shall say "future children" names. It was quite interesting because my mother-in-law explained very clearly how my husbands sister's name was chosen as well as the naming system during the Cultural Revolution in China. Two important moments of clarity for me tonight were as such:
You truly will never know unless you ask...
handwritten on January 25, 2020
I have been reflecting much with my sister-in-law on a project we hope to get started one day. And I think both of us have been thinking and reflecting as best as we can regarding what the vision should be, how we should get it started, who we should talk to. And today was a turning point in it all. Though I am going to refrain from revealing our next steps which has taken on an entirely different project, I think it is important to realize nothing is about us. Our students are not our students, our ideas should stem from others, our faith in humanity should be shared- we need to create mirrors and windows namely through storytelling. And I have found that I can change the first line (below...
handwritten on January 24, 2020
4.0 - I think something I have really focused on this coming year or perhaps realized more fully is the importance of having life talks with those individuals who you know will have your back. Because I think insight is really found from talking things out, and I think sometimes people are so busy or so full of commitments or so focused on what THEY want and what THEY hope to do that these life chats just don't happen often enough. This year, life chats have been happening more frequently than probably any other year, and I think it is because multiple individuals are at a crossroads or because we are a point where we have been able to stop and breath for a quick second and that sometimes...
handwritten on January 22, 2020
2 miles: While I was running today, I had this moment of sincere peace wash over me. And for the first time ever, I ditched my idea of trying to find "something else." Contentment has always been something I have struggled with because I'm a goal oriented person, because I always convince myself that I can be better (which I can) but I also think that gratitude when you wake up everyday is sometimes realizing that those pancakes and coffee you make in the same way on that same day on the weekend-do you really need to change it up all the time? My fear for myself has always been "doing the same thing twice" because what if I could be doing something different? What if I could be doing...
handwritten on January 21, 2020
3.5 miles: In reference to my post from Monday, I found myself really focusing on the few words below during my run. Today was a day where you realize you are just a small crumb in the universe. It was a reminder that building trust takes time and does not happen all at once. It was also a reminder that journeys are sometimes not what they appear to be at first. We always want life to swing one way until we realize that sometimes the way life did swing may have been much better than the plan we originally imagined for ourselves. We all strive to want to do better, do more and find a passion for something we can be passionate about. But I think it is important to always keep first and...
