43

Sunday will mark my 43rd year of life. Age and time are such strange things. One minute you are 20 the next you are gazing at your soon to be 14-year-old son wondering how you got here. It’s still boggles my mind when I contemplate time. How can things move so quickly and slowly at once?? I always like to take a moment before my birthday to take stock and reflect on the growth, the hurdles, the subtle yet powerful shifts that have happened in the past year. I also like to set intentions for the year to come. With this birthday falling on a super new moon, I really want my intentions to be well thought out. As I have sat in meditation to open myself up to the best intentions I can set, what continually comes up for me is gratitude and love. Two things that I really want to infuse into every moment of my life. I want to dial in on my level of gratitude and marinate every moment in as much love as I can. That’s it. I’m going to keep it simple. I plan to ask myself…”am I leading with love, am I living in a space of gratitude”. If the answer in no I will readjust. We have the tendency to make this life so much more complicated than it must be. If we can strip things down to the core, really look at the kind of life we want to lead, then pluck the fundamental values of that existence, proceed to make that the mantra to our lives, we will always have a guiding light. If we get off track, we simply ask the question “is this aligning with my fundamental values”?  if yes, wonderful, if not, then readjust. Simple. Well, I would be fooling myself if I said “simple” I know this is much more challenging than it seems, but once you get some good momentum, like anything else it will become second nature. Our time here is fleeting. Let's all commit to being the absolute best versions of ourselves. The world could use as much love as we can muster. Much love and many blessings to you all.~D xo

from Milk and Honey, by Rupi Kaur

most importantly love

like it’s the only thing you know how

at the end of the day all this

means nothing

this page

where you’re sitting

your degree

your job

the money

nothing even matters

except love and human connection

who you loved

and how deeply you loved them

how you touched the people around you

and how much you gave.