It’s New Year and I’m reflecting on the journey I’ve taken, and am still on, thinking of where I am, what I’ve done, where I’ve been, things I’ve accomplished, and all the things I have. My thoughts  return me to the past….

1993…From my Journal page 1:

The wind blew across the bay, across the land, through my house and though my heart. It blew away all the trees, all the roofs, everything I owned, and everything I knew for the last 23 years.In the morning when the wind stopped blowing, the only thing still left standing was me.

Today…is the first day of 2024 and I’m still standing. For that I am grateful. The wind has given me many lessons and taken me many places. I learned what is truly valuable and who merits value in my life. That morning when I stood in the only Jeans I had, I learned what freedom is when you have nothing left to lose and everything ahead to gain.

In Chinese, the written word for crisis and opportunity is the same…

#Hurricanes