Moving Forward

I am actually late for the first time in making my weekly post. I have two sick children who have demanded my attention and my awakeness, so sleep and blogging had to be delayed!

Moving forward keeps coming to mind for me this week. I am working myself on some personal transformations and I am a big fan of evaluating my life and my relationships based on my goals and quality of life that reflect my core values. It's interesting to take a snapshot of my life now and compare it to some from even 5, 10 or more years ago. My priorities have changed dramatically for developmental reasons but also assuredly for wanting to create a life reflecting my values.

I have had some great opportunities to connect with a few wonderful friends from my past recently. Some have remained in my life just in a more limited way and others, well hey it was just fantastic to reminisce about some silliness and even challenges we shared back in the day. We may not be as much a part of each other's lives in the present, but at a time we were.

I couldn't help but smile for having had these great interactions and also reflect on my life then and now. I remember when I was a kid a friend of mine's mom had a quote in her kitchen that read make new friends, the old ones keep as silver the new ones as gold. I never understood that quote and am still sorting it out. I think in discerning more about it we relish all of our friends but the ones in our present we focus on more because of several factors: proximity, things in common, our values etc. The others may not be a part of our daily lives but they helped us in our journey to the present. As we continue to evolve and be clear about who we are and get comfortable in our skin, we can continue to evolve and seek out those who truly reflect our core and who can challenge us in the ways we most need - socially, emotionally and spiritually.

This week's challenge:
Take stock of your core values and identify 5
Evaluate your relationships and even the work you do and see if they reflect your core values and think about making any adjustments if necessary.

Warmly,
Andrea