Let me just be honest and say this: I didn’t expect 2011 to turn out this way. In fact, I had no expectations at all this year. I remember telling friends at the start of the year that I was determined to just go with the flow. Looking back, that turned out to be the best decision I made for 2011. Below is a list of the other things I think I did right this year:
1. I prayed more and analyzed less.
2. If there was something I wanted to do, I just went ahead and did it.
3. I took more risks in my friendships even if it meant almost losing some of them.
4. I explained my actions less to others.
5. I was more honest with God and with myself.
6. I started taking care of my health.
7. I stopped asking why and started asking why not.
8. I was less calculating.
9. I listened to myself even as I listened to others.
10. I stopped thinking of what should be and started appreciating what is.
11. I welcomed changes even if it meant having to adjust all over again.
12. I complained less.
13. I kept a lot of doors open and stopped figuring out when to close them.
14. I read more.
15. I spent more time with myself than with others.
16. I veered away from practices that have stopped making sense a long time ago.
17. I forgave and did what I could to be forgiven.
18. I trained myself to sleep early.
19. I stopped sweating the small stuff.
20. I observed my boundaries but kept in mind that the world will not end if I change them.
21. I accepted the fact that people can change but it’s not my duty to change them.
22. I embraced my losses and learned to live with them.
23. I celebrated my victories no matter how small.
24. I claimed my journey as my own.
25. I let joy in.
26. I let love surprise me.
27. I let God be God.
They say life happens when you’re not looking. Although I can’t entirely claim that I wasn’t looking this year, I can at least say that this year, I simply let life happen. Seeing how it all turned out in the end, I might was well do the same thing again next year.
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