Sorry to have missed the first TGI of the year last week- I gave priority to finishing up the 12 Best of '12. That, and call has been a bit on the rough side. Tonight I've got a night off (thanks, Gia!), had a lovely evening at the Utah Symphony, and am catching up before I get a few hours of blissfully uninterrupted sleep.
Today I am trusting that this little space to breathe will help me stay fully engaged for the next 6 days. In spite of being tired, that's been my focus this round on-service, and it feels good and right. It helps me keep how much I love the folks I work with and how much I love the folks we are working for (the patients!) at the center of it all.
Today I am grateful that I took an opportunity for a day trip with a friend when I was in Scotland in September. I found out today that friend has a high-grade brain tumor so that grey drizzly day was likely our last adventure together. You just never, ever know when this time is the last time you'll get to spend with someone important to you. It's a lesson that hits a little closer to home all the time. (Aside: Dear Cancer: I am SO done with you. I'm tired of you messing with people I love. Get lost.)
Today I am inspired- even though it's been out there for almost two years- by Dear Sugar #64. It's the piece that provided the title for "Tiny Beautiful Things." Especially the line about, "Be brave enough to break your own heart." So easy to say, so hard to do.
Friends, here's hoping that your 2013 is off to a good start. Most importantly, here's hoping that our next adventure isn't our last.
Now listening: Gary Allan "Like it's a bad thing"Labels: TGIF