19 December 2011

What I Did Right This Year

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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