Reflection

I've done a lot of soul searching this week, reflecting on my life and where I am.  Our family 
is in a transitional phase as we navigate through new jobs, new schedules, reprioritizing.   
We are gathering pieces from our previous journey and carrying them with us as we 
start anew.  We are banding together as only our little tribe can and setting down new 
roots, preparing the soil of our foundation for a fresh collection of memories, building a 
safe haven where our souls can rest.  And in the midst of all this, I find myself delving 
inside my heart just a little deeper, focusing intently on the space we have created 
for ourselves.

I've always been a glass half full kind of person, looking at life through a positive lens.
And that's not because my life has been easy.  It hasn't been.  I've suffered loss,
tragedy, trials that have tested me and who I am.  But something inside me always leads
me back to the root of what's important: love.  Having true love in the relationships you
keep, giving love to each person you meet, loving what you do and doing it to the
fullest.  Having that outlook and believing in the power of a strong heart carries me
through, even when I think life impossible.

I am a work in progress, a life long dreamer.  I wish on stars every night and write out
goals in my journal each week, hoping and praying for contentment.  I allow myself
no excuses, there is no reason to NOT be happy, no reason to live each day without
regret.  This is life: no matter the outcome, it is yours and no one else's.  What am I going to
do with that reality?  How am I going to take advantage of each and every aspect that is
ME, turning the impossible into my own personal triumph?

So here I am on this lovely Saturday, reflecting on the opportunity I have to make my
life everything it could ever be, just through the power of my own positive thinking, by
living my life centered and fueled by love.

This is me, taking the bull by the horns.

{Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow.}
~Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros