After 5 hours on the computer today, I needed to get out. I wanted to capture the moment of riding in the woods through a road of floxgloves in full bloom with my two girls. I love my iPhone! This is suspending attention!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Change
If the political pundits want a definition for change, I can answer that question. At age 37, I was having a hard time functioning. I was raising 2 small children with my husband and holding down a politically charged job at a company I had grown with for 13 years. In my 20s, I was on the fast track. At age 37, I didn't know what I wanted, but, I did know what I didn't want. I remember looking over the kitchen counter at my husband and with anguish and defeat, saying "I have to do something different with my job, I cannot sustain this."
The answer? In perfect Kim Arellano fashion, I decided to add more complexity to my life. At a birthday party, I met a wonderful woman and we hit it off. She introduced me to Yoga, that introduced me to the Secret, that introduced me to school, that introduced me to psychology, that introduced me to Todd and Chad. That sums up from January of 2007 to about 60 days ago. The last 60 days have been an even more monumental shift in my life, and I could not be more at peace. When I talk to people now, I tell them that there was no way that I could have PLANNED this path. It became open to me because I stepped away from trying to hammer the square peg into the round hole long enough to realize that there are other games to play. I also realize that this is not the end. This is the beginning of a journey. Where it is going to go, I have no clue. What I do know is that it "feels right". The most monumental shift in my thinking? Focus on loving the journey, let the end result be defined by your actions.
The answer? In perfect Kim Arellano fashion, I decided to add more complexity to my life. At a birthday party, I met a wonderful woman and we hit it off. She introduced me to Yoga, that introduced me to the Secret, that introduced me to school, that introduced me to psychology, that introduced me to Todd and Chad. That sums up from January of 2007 to about 60 days ago. The last 60 days have been an even more monumental shift in my life, and I could not be more at peace. When I talk to people now, I tell them that there was no way that I could have PLANNED this path. It became open to me because I stepped away from trying to hammer the square peg into the round hole long enough to realize that there are other games to play. I also realize that this is not the end. This is the beginning of a journey. Where it is going to go, I have no clue. What I do know is that it "feels right". The most monumental shift in my thinking? Focus on loving the journey, let the end result be defined by your actions.
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