Today is my birthday. I’m forty-two. Interestingly enough, I feel younger in my forties than I ever did in my thirties. Imagine that! I’m not absolutely sure about this, but I think most of that perception has more to do with what’s going on inside of me instead of outside of me.

What do I mean?

Well, I think it goes back to that saying “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at will change.” (I think Wayne Dyer said it).

Anyhooo…I think that saying is one of those ultimate truths- at least for me.

I’ve experienced a paradigm shift in my life and I know that because of that I am so much happier and more alive than I used to be. That shift is due in the most part to one word. Grateful.

I am so grateful for all that I have in my life. My family, my firends, my partner, my home, my car, my writing, and in general my life. And it doesn’t matter that my home is very old, that my car is used, or that my family and I sometimes get on each other’s nerves. What matters is that I am happy and grateful that I have a home to live in, a car to drive and a family who loves me as I love them. I am happy and grateful that I have friends to share both good times and bad and a partner who loves and supports me along the way.

For a time in my life, I was in such a rush, so busy going here or doing that, and I didn’t appreciate or see the abundance all around me. I was always looking elsewhere for something different, better or more. Thank goodness the blinders lifted and I was able to see and truly appreciate all that I DO have in my life. That awareness has changed my life immensely. It has brought the joy and excitement for living back into my life. And I am so thankful for that.

So, as my 42nd birthday arrived this morning, I had to shout it to the world I AM GRATEFUL AND HAPPY FOR ALL THAT I HAVE.

Hugs,

Eden

Welcome to my very first blog! Not such an exciting beginning topic to blog about, but an honest to goodness fact of life. My life that is. You see…I’m procrastinating.

Again.

What should I be doing today–and this very minute? Writing, writing and writing of course. So what am I actually doing? Visiting one of the online science websites and reading about some new deep sea species of grouper that’s recently been discovered to be different from another species of deep sea grouper. Do I really need to know this? Not so much. But it’s just one more distraction.

As is the fact that I have chosen this exact moment to blog, when in actuality, I don’t have much to say.

So, I’m off to scribble a few words in my get this darn book finished book and seriously debating on getting an outside office, or maybe just a nearby Starbucks where I can set up camp.

Until next time,

Eden