What central story is at the core of you, and how do you share it with the world? (Bonus: Consider your reflections from this month. Look through them to discover a thread you may not have noticed until today.)
(Author: Molly O’Neill)
Today marks the end of this month long journey of reflection for another year. The prompts have been fun, reflective, and sometimes challenging. I missed some prompts, but as I said at the beginning, I don't believe in working backwards, so I've chosen not to go back to all of the prompts I missed. It's been a busy last week of December with the holidays, travel, and getting to meet up with a few old friends. I have to laugh a little at this prompt because I remember one time my sister and I were at a bar in San Diego, and this guy came up to her and said, "So, what's your story?" Really, no joke! So from then on, I've never thought about "what my story is", it was just too cheesy. But I guess if there were to be a book written about my life it would be a story about surviving and pushing ahead. Overall I have lived a very good life, but like everyone I've had some events in my life that made me not want to get out of bed some mornings, made me question my faith, and my own judgement. But through each event, I've remained strong and positive and pushed forward. At my core, I don't give up, and I try to help others forge ahead and see that anything's possible with the right mindset. I think being in education I share this story with students all the time, tell them that they can control their future, they can control their own destiny. I think I share this story through my friendships, because my friends have been there for me through the good times and the bad. I think I share this story with my family because I remain a good role model of what family is about.
This might be the last post of 2010, but this is not the end of my story! What will the next chapter be???? I have no idea, but I'm excited for the possibilities!
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