Name Day Reflections
Saturday, April 20, 2013
A silent sigh followed while I sat comfortably on a folding
foam bed watching ‘You’ve Got Mail’ with
two of my closest girl friends on a very random sleepover. Ate Tin and Sab
greeted me in a jiffy as soon as the clock struck twelve and a hefty sweet and
kind birthday messages on my Facebook timeline and inbox ensued.
Twenty-eight years and for once, I feel every bit of my age.
For the lack of fine overstated expression, I can’t
believe I've become this old. Perhaps it’s because four years had
already gone by since I started teaching and the kids I taught back then
have already left the cozy nest of preschool for the methodical environment of
elementary school. Or it may be because earlier this year, I started to have
one or more bouts of low back pain that I presume was caused by the
sedentary lifestyle I actually lead. Or it’s all probably just in my head.
Regardless, I can still wholly tell you, with a broad smile and dark brown eyes
lighting up, that getting older has never been this exciting! No kidding, hook,
line and sinker!
As I ruminate on
the previous year, I can’t help but start by observing how faithful God has
been. 2012 was THE MOST challenging, if not exhilarating roller coaster
of a year for me as yet. In the midst of it, I’ve flirted with the idea of
throwing in the towel for a moment or two but grace finds me every time. In retrospect,
an abundance of growth has come out of it. The ‘good times’ were amazing and I'm grateful that the ‘bad
times’ were bearable. Emerging from a very negative head space to coming
full circle in every aspect of my life, feeling content and incredibly joyful
is something that only God could provide. This made me value and enjoy my
journey towards adulthood more, including the countless detours along the way.
As I look at things on the other side of twenty-five, my desire to live a life that impacts,
encourages and inspires intensify now more than ever. Consequently, I've etched a timeline of my future on my mind to keep things in perspective. I'd like to to think I'm savvy like that, haha! This year, I've set new goals to pursue and hopefully accomplish and the
greater they are, I know the obstacles in the way would equally increase, but the
28-year solid wall that surrounds me is amazingly confident and reliant on God
for the most part.
So here’s to the
wonderful things to come, new memories to make, new goals to accomplish, new
role to be in charge of, new moments to share and for every profound little
things I’ll do every day that will wire me to be the adult that God intended me
to be - great!
LIFE, BRING IT!
LIFE, BRING IT!
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