52

And just like that, I begin my 53rd year, maybe a bit wiser, a bit healthier, a few father, a work in progress husband, friend, relative and all the host of other labels I am known by. Feels like just another day (maybe because it’s Monday), but the joy in my heart is very real. After a full weekend of being around so many loved ones, I cannot help but be grateful for how truly wealthy I am.

It feels surreal, and I try to imagine if this is the life I’d imagined as a teenager, young adult or I just hit the life lottery. Each morning now a chance to experience pure joy with Zyan, and other days with family and friends, and work that challenges and excites me. Before the future appeared to be a blank, but now they are sign posts to a life where I get to be a teacher, be taught, and grow to the best of my ability.

The month almost over, and all my resolutions still unbroken because my WHYs are so much stronger than in the past (I still did pretty well then), but now I am eager to consume knowledge, habits, tasks, goals that create a forward motion rather than stop my dead in the tracks. My mindless consumption has decreased tremendously. There was a time that I was up on all entertainment out there from movies, music to TV and now if I am lucky I get in one episode, one song or a few minutes in. But there are no regrets, but that free time is now filled with SO MUCH.

And so while it’s yet another Monday it’s more than that. It’s a journey to a beautiful destination called Life. Happy Monday!