The Year of Possibilities
T his is the year of possibilities. What a great word. It seems it took me a long time to get to the point where I could allow myself to be open to possibilities. Once I entered my forties, gone was the fear of stepping out of my comfort zones and walking into unknown territory. I've never been the type to walk into unknown territory, but a switch went on in my head and fear is no longer the common denominator in my life. What a liberatinging experience that is, not to be tettered down by the fear of taking chances.
The New Year is a great time to set goals, follow your dreams and jump-start your life. To me it's like getting to do it over again. Fresh start. This year I am starting a new job. After a two-year stint at the bank, I have a new job with a PR firm in the small town where I live. A few years ago making that move would have been impossible for me. That is why I stayed at my dead-end job for close to 15 years, all the while dwindling inside.
This time I had no qualms about moving along. There was no fear swaying me this way and that way, there were no sleepless nights or "what if's"; there was just the idea that this is the start of something valuable for my soul, if that makes any sense -valuable in the sense that I can be passionate about it and put my skills to work there.
Right now, the pay is much less than at the bank, but I've always known that it isn't about money. It's about doing what you love; just like I love doing this website because I love encouraging women to be their true and best selves. I don't make a living with SureWoman.com, but I am just as passionate about it as I was the first time the idea came to me almost two years ago. DO WHAT YOU LOVE.
I 've been doing the PR job part-time for a couple of months, and it feels right. I can feel the passion bubbling up within me. I am sudenly energized to have more than a job, but a career doing something that I can be passionate about, and there is the world of possibilities with the firm. I've never before thought about that in any of my jobs. So what's this new thing? What is with me, all of a sudden, that I can look at the world and I can see possibilites?
I'll tell you what it is. It's the company I keep. It's hearing from scores of women who send me essays and emails about their journies, taking chances, finding their passions and purpose and, in the midst of it all, finding themselves. It's being connected to strong, passionate women who are pursuing and realizing their dreams. It's realizing my own passions - my little idea of a website, to inspire women to be strong and confident, while celebrating who they are, is growing by leaps and bounds, and there is more in store for this year when it turns two in a few short months.
There is something inspiring about the energy of the women that cross my path, none of whom I have ever met in person, that helps to push me along to where I am thinking that anything is possible. Anything is possible. I've found the heart and soul of living encased within three small words.
So this is The Year of Possibilites. - the year of my great expectations. I am not quite sure what lies ahead, but I am leaving myself open to having the best year of my life.
Copyright 2008 © Dawn Prince. Not to be reprinted without expressed permission.
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