Shifting in 2023

As I sit down to write, I'm finding myself debating between reflecting back on the past year or looking forward to this new one. To think back on what I've learned, the ways I've grown, or to dream forward on what I want, need, how I want to be and live and love.

I wrote that first paragraph on January 1, 2021. Two years later I feel the same on this day. A recap of the year as well as what I’m dreaming forward feels redundant at this point. I’ve been sharing my thoughts on both of these over the past weeks and even I get tired of writing the same things over and over.

And.

(There’s always an “and” with me, isn’t there?)

What I do want to repeat is that one year ago me couldn’t have dreamed today me if she tried. She couldn’t imagine the twists and turns life would take her on. She couldn’t fathom the deep and intense healing that was still to come. She couldn’t plan for today because she had no idea how her own growth and healing would fundamentally change her and her ways of being in th…