The anticipation of what I was going to make happen in the New Year filled me with excitement.  I spent days setting goals and dreaming of where I would go. But this year is different.

I am a woman in my mid 40’s and there are definitely changes that accompany that. In these transition years I’ve found myself asking, now what? Who am I now? What do I do? Where do I go? The answer has become clear throughout these years. REST. I rest. Now is the time to REST.

The best present you can give is the gift of your presence fully focused in the moment. Are you present in your interactions? I mean really present with no distractions. I have come to realize that I am not always present. On some level, I take pride in the ability to multitask. However, I’ve come to realize that multitasking has a cost.

My friend and I volunteered to serve in caring for Mr. Jim but we were the ones left feeling cared for and better people for having spent time with this amazing man! We sat in awe of this happy, young at heart, full of life, fun, positive, wise, caring, introspective and insightful man for almost four hours as he told story after story of the events in his life.

I am hoping that I am not alone in these crazy, what the heck happened to my brain moments! I am completely accustomed to providing the comic relief in our family for the things I say or do, such as calling the humans by the dog names and the dogs by the human names. I mean we all do that right?

Our lives can be as hectic as we allow them to be. As women we tend to take care of many people and things, wearing many hats, often putting ourselves at the bottom of the list.