Scrap Your Trip Clearance S*A*L*E – 25% Off 500+ Items

“A life that at the end of the day …or the end of the week…or on your birthday, you can say to yourself, "Life is good.  Life is authentic.  I am happy.  I am fulfilled.  I wouldn’t change a thing."

These are the words I wrote back in August of last year.  I put them on my calendar on 12/31 and my birthday as a reminder to me to check in and see if I was living my life the way I wanted.

On New Year’s Eve, I could agree with everything other than I wouldn’t change a thing.

Monday is my birthday.  I am going to be 43 years old.  This life changing journey I have been on actually began three years ago on my 40th birthday.  It was like a switch flipped that day.  That was the day I realized that *I* was responsible for my own happiness.  And unhappiness.  And that it was up to me to create a life where I felt “I wouldn’t change a thing”.

So, this year on my birthday, I can say, without hesitation, that my life is now an example of what I wrote back in August.

Life is good.

Life is authentic.

I am happy.

I am fulfilled.

I wouldn’t change a thing.

I wouldn’t change a thing.  I have built a successful company that allows me to help people preserve their most precious memories.  It allows me to employ over 30 people and hopefully give them the kind of work life where they look forward to each workday instead of dreading it.  I get to work with my best friend, Lani.  It also allows me the opportunity to live in a nice house in a nice neighborhood and send my children to a good school.  

And my children?  They are happy.  They have a great neighborhood to ride their bikes in and lots of kids to play with.  They are doing well in school, are well-adjusted and seem to have come through the divorce with flying colors.

And me?  I have come through the divorce with flying colors.  I have grown more than I ever thought was possible.  I discovered strength inside of me that I never knew was there.  Patience that I never knew was there.  I lost 52 pounds.  I look the best I have looked in my life.  I am happy from the inside out.

And…I had a date Friday night.  With the smartest guy I have ever met.  Who also happens to be gorgeous.  Who I have known and admired for six years.  We have both recently found ourselves in the same place, divorced and newly single parents of two kids.  And so begins the next chapter…

What about you?  Can you honestly say to yourself "Life is good.  Life is authentic.  I am happy.  I am fulfilled.  I wouldn’t change a thing."?

I sincerely hope that you don’t have to turn your life upside down like I did to find true happiness.  But do WHATEVER you have to do to find it.  Life is WAY too short and too precious to waste another second of it.

So, go.  Be happy.  Be authentic.  Be fulfilled.  Live life like you wouldn’t change a thing.  Scrapbook it and journal it along the way.  You’ll be glad you did!

Now on to scrapbook supplies!   We’re running out of room in the warehouse again, so it’s time to say goodbye to some old favorites.  We’ve added over 500 items to our clearance section.  Quantities are limited and when they are gone, they are gone!  



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10 comments May 26th, 2010