Good Morning World!! It's a beautiful day. The sun is shinning, and though it's a wee bit cold, I have a feeling that today is going to be ALL GOOD. I'm reflecting on this year, though it is far from finished. Someone once told me that because I was born in an odd numbered year that odd numbered years would somehow show me favor. Of course when I originally heard this, I tossed the notion out of the window as I do with most things that I hear. (If you know me, then you know that words don't mean squat to me. It's all about the actions.) But here we are ending 2011, an odd numbered year and I am really feeling good.

Did I meet all of my goals? Of course not. But, I am happy with my milestones and acheivements however small they may be. I left the country for the first time, just as I said I would. I reconnected with someone very important to me. I moved into the dopest pad ever SON with two of my favorite people. I was honest. I helped others. And, I loved with all of my heart. Oh, oh and I wrote a freakin' book. I love my book so much. Have you purchased your copy of: When I Grow Up I Want To Be Sane?? Still, I have so far to go. And, I embrace that with grace. Bring it on life! Bring it on!

Going forward I want to enhance some of the skills which I've already learned but not have been doing the best job at executing:
1. I want to pay it forward! (Everything that I expect and want out of life will be the result of me sowing a corresponding seed.)
2. Believe and trust the deeds of a person. It's amazing how many times I've been told "I love you Liz" this year and to date only a hand full of those people have actually showed me that. It is easy to be kind and loving to someone when they are doing things for you, or when all is well. But the times that it truly matters is when things aren't as peachy and it requires true valor and management of self to "walk the walk."
3. Convince no man of nothing. I'm in constant awe of how people will speak with such conviction about things they do not know. I've been accused of a few things this year, to which I know nothing about. If a person is simple enough to believe a one-sided story, or to create an alternate reality which only mirrors the prison cells of their own mind; so be it. If a person gets to know me and my character, they would know-'Nuff said-They would know!
4. I want to operate with a compassionate heart. I don't know what to really add here because this is a new concept to me. But, I have to realize that everyone isn't as tough as I am. Everyone isn't equiped to deal with reality in a matter-of-fact kinda way. And because I dearly care for the people in my circle, I have to master this one quickly.

Well, I have my morning meeting to attend. I'm charged up and ready for this busy week ahead. Let me leave you with this Kings & Queens-
Be true to yourself.
Don't waste time.
Only look back to learn.

Peace