I had such a nice weekend......so many fun and interesting parts, and of course the blessing of connecting with two old friends......my friend who is fighting for his life in his sobriety, touched my heart so......he has spent many years in the throes of addiction, and the toll it has taken on every part of his body is very visible and very profound......and as he travels back, and works on reversing some of those years and some of the damage, it will be no easy feat.....but his commitment to it, and his willingness to accept where he is......and being aware of where he is going is everything.......we all know what we need to do sometimes.....knowing it is going to be challenging, or that road may be long....but it is in the willingness that everything changes.......we talked so much about so many things and he was a huge help to me with some stuff around here, and it was such a blessing......a blessing to have access to him again.......to watch him fighting the good fight......he was having a significant flare of one of the health conditions he now battles, and he just accepted and worked through it......minus resistance and a desire to fight it......and none of it looked easy to me, and yet he persisted......and it is just one of the things I LOVE the most about the human condition......the willingness to persist despite obstacles and hardship........and I love it and inspires me always.......it is never too late......never......to craft a new story, to live in a new space to chart a new path.......and we need to always remember that.......and that is what excites me most in my day to day these days, is the willingness that has stepped forward in my own heart, to never count myself out of something or of putting a new goal on my docket and running after it......life is meant to be LIVED......not to sit on the sidelines and let it pass us by.....and the only limits are our imagination......and to watch him discover that and really get it is magic......and the best we can do for each other is support one another in that and give each other support and space to support that journey....so I take the inspiration and hope I found in the weekend with me......my children had a great weekend with their dad.....and the dynamic continues to be peaceful, and really that is all I can ever hope for......to look for the positive and the blessings and watch them multiply indeed:)
jperuso
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