Well we are nearly into two weeks of 2008 and I feel ready. I also feel that it's time to release my old journal and start afresh.

I'm a different person and I have different goals.

My personal goals for 2008 are:

To become less frightened of a deep conversation. To know that I can understand them and contribute.

To be kinder to my body. I'm still up too late at night and up too late in the morning which means no exercise as I rush from the shower to the office with Bill running after me, big GS in hand!

Early to bed and early to rise.

Yoga, three times a week. Walk running three times a week and no computers after 5.30 three nights per week.

To focus more on others.

To feel gratitude all the time and not just when things are going my way. Often when it feels like the world is against me I forget to be grateful for the things that are working well!

I have others but am a little overwhelmed with what I have just written so will leave it there for now.

xoxoxo

Jen,

On your first goal specifically - in my continued readings of your posts, I have seen over and over great depth.  I think sometimes, simple language is mistakenly confused with simple/shallow concepts. 

At the heart of the most profound concepts is a simple observation or piece of information.  A simple truth.  A kernel.  I have seen you "hit" such kernels over and over again.

So many streams of consciousness are typed here, and some paths are long and winding, with complex sentence structures.  Other roads are simple.  All lead to the same place.

Sometimes it is difficult to step back and see exactly what it is that we personally offer, from another's perspective.

On gratitude - I was only thinking tonight how unbelievably grateful I am that MSM is back in stock! 

Well thank you girls!

Rowdy you said something that jumped me there:

This is most likely true with a lot of things that I read here. Sometimes I just don't understand what people are saying but I get a feel of what they mean! Just beauties are Miss Bliss, Iv and Rudy to name a few. I read what they are saying and so want to understand but just don't get it. Sometimes though I read on in the future and then I understand it.

Maybe the student is ready!

Anyhow, one I forgot to mention is that I want to larf more this year. I have always been quite serious and I want to be more of a larfer. I feel so good after a good chuckle!

Here's something that made me larf my glutes off tonight...



xoxoxox

jen your post come across to me often as joyous, thats the deepest depth. you don't have to be an intellectual giant to be deep.

the world could never be against you jen, drop that thought..

understanding the context of conversation is often more important than literals..

hokahey

wow theres some synconisity there rowdy

Yes, ok.  I was going to respond that you could "type what you feel", but I see that one needs the words to express the "feeling", which is what you are saying.  DOH!

Les - I'm sure there is, if I knew what you meant.  Feeling a bit dim.   

Jen - you're a goose.  That made me cackle like a witch!

i'm in heaven tonight