Tell the truth. Always.

Intentional Living today is about TRUTH for me. I had an amazing birthday yesterday. One of the best day's I've had in ages. So many emails, phone calls and birthday wishes. And then today, I woke up feeling a little uneasy.

This song by Rob Thomas, Someday, is how I am feeling right now. I am soooo excited and hopeful about my future. For some reason, tonight, as I write this, I am also filled with a few doubts and a little lonliness. Lastnight, to celebrate our birthday, we went out with a few girl friends. We've been friends since Grade 3. We had a good time! It was wondeful to catch up! I was so in awe of my sister and two friends b/c they seem to juggle it all! Between the 3 of them, they have 8 kids! Their lives are overflowing with kids, partners and life and they all seem to juggle everything with happiness and ease. It was amazing to listen to them.

We got home to Mom's and I went to sleep thinking (a little too much) about my own life. Now, I know that I am exactly where I am supposed to be and I do love so many aspects of my life, however, listening to my girlfriends talk about their kids and families made me painfully aware of what was missing in my own life.

It isn't always easy, but I know that in my moments of weakness, there is the greatest growth. Today I grew a little!

I am not sure what I had intended to write about for 365 days but the best and only thing to write about is, indeed, the truth. It won't always be ultra-happy thoughts. My mom was the greatest teacher for me when it came to the value of being truthful. She always said, "all that matters is that you tell the truth", and this is my truth.


Someday....
You can go
You can start all over again
You can try to find a way to make another day go by
You can hide
Hold all your feelings inside
You can try to carry on when all you wanna do is cry

And maybe someday we’ll figure all this out
Try to put an end to all our doubt
Try to find a way to make things better now that
Maybe someday we’ll live our lives out loud
We’ll be better off somehow, someday

Now we wait
And try to find another mistake
If you throw it all away then maybe you can change your mind
You can run
And when everything is over and done
You can shine a little light on everything around you
Man it’s good to be someone

And maybe someday we’ll figure all this out
Try to put an end to all our doubt
Try to find a way to make things better now that
Maybe someday we’ll live our lives out loud
We’ll be better off somehow, someday

I don’t wanna wait
I just wanna know
I just wanna hear you tell me so
Give it to me straight
Tell it to me slow

‘Cuz maybe someday we’ll figure all this out
We’ll put an end to all our doubt
Try to find a way to just to feel better now
Maybe someday we’ll live our lives out loud
We’ll be better off somehow, someday

‘Cuz sometimes we don’t really notice
Just how good it can get
So maybe we should start all over
Start all over, again

‘Cuz sometimes we don’t really notice
Just how good it can get
So maybe we should start all over
Start all over, again