Life is Good...kinda been my motto as of late. I was in a pretty dark place, overall, last year, and I don't know that I even really knew it. Still, in returning to work this year, and to routine...back to my "normal life" as it is, not the teacher's fantasy world of lazy summer days and wonderous summer travel, I am finding that I am still happy. This summer, my improved state of mind was something I didn't really trust. I thought it was merely due to the beauty that is summer vacation, with its sunshine and long days, lacking completely in structure and responsibility, yet replete with possibility. I thought I was merely happy due to summer freedom, feeding my addictions and placating my wanderlust. But now, days are getting shorter, light is at a premium, and we are most certainly on the parental hamster wheel of activities and duties, but I am still drinking in the light. I am still happy. Could be that I have made some sort of peace with myself, and with my life, fully and entirely as it is. Could be that I have made peace so to speak at my job, and no longer feel a need to fight for what I don't have. I am feeling a renewed sense of working in partnership for the good of all, but you know, maybe it is just the fact that ALL the clothes in my closet actually fit. Whatever it is, I hope it stays around.
:) Cheryl