I had an enlightening moment last night, given to me by my wonderful husband. I was thinking of all of the reasons why I was NOT going to be able to join my girlfriend and run a half marathon in May.... because I get really excited with the IDEA of something, but not so good at the actual FOLLOW-THRU of that idea... because I haven't run or done anything remotely athletic for at least the past month.... because I'm not PASSIONATE about running....
And for me, that's really the root of it all. I feel like books, TV, movies... they all tell me that I need PASSION to really be able to commit to something and see it through. I want to love it, I want it to "change" me, I want to "change"things on a large scale. I want to feel as though I've DONE SOMETHING. And Jeff made me realize that really, at the end of the day, that's setting the bar way too high to reach. He told me it's okay to not be passionate about it, it's okay if you don't "change the world"... it's really enough to do this running for the enjoyment of it, and to have the bonding experience with my girlfriend through it; by no means will it make me an Olympic runner, and that's ok. It's okay not to change the world, because every day I have the opportunity to touch someone else's life for the better... and that's really enough.
So for me, that's what my 2012 is going to be about.... cherishing the small moments in life, cherishing the enjoyment of them, and realize that touching one person's life is just as important as changing the world... because if we all did that, think of how we COULD change the world.
Happy 2012! (and half-marathon, here I come!!)
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