I finally arrived at 47 years of age on March 7th, the timing of which was not a mystery, but the arrival at times may have been doubt. It feels like a strange number, without the ceremonial significance of turning 50. No AARP card yet, but the reminders of my pending discount glory will start arriving in the mail and via email soon. However, it is significant because after 47 years I have come to discover that the only truth in life is love, in all its forms, not death and taxes.
Love of Self – The most powerful and often hardest to attain is the one form of love we must first manifest before connecting to all. I was luckily raised to embrace self-love, and though I have lost my way on this road many times, I always find my way back to my core that allows me to connect to all.
Love of and for Family, and Friends – Without the strength, wisdom, generosity, and support of my family and friends each valley would have been harder to cross, and each mountain more difficult to climb. We don’t walk this journey alone, and my family and friends have reminded me of this constantly.
Community and Environment – A love that each and every person has the opportunity to be all they can be, each moment of every day. The love that we all have the ability to live in a world that is safe, clean, and peaceful. This is what drives my “professional” life each day.
Love of My Kids – My kids, Miles and Yemaya, are my greatest source of joy, and at time fear. For I never stop thinking about their safety, and life outcomes, knowing how little of it is in my control. In the end, I know there are no other beings on this planet that I would sacrifice all to protect and make happy.
Of a Life Partner – The most elusive love in my life, but through trial and error I have found the path to this love. Somewhere in sharing your life with one person we are tied to a truth that is deep inside each of you, and transcends sight, touch, and sound. This wonderful union of love vibrates in your being, and can appear at any time on your journey, at any age. I have found this truth.
Our Universal Connection – This love is what ties me to all things and beings in this world, and beyond. The reality that we are all interconnected and interdependent on each other, and must treat each other with kindness, and compassion at all times.
And now I strive to live these truths every day, knowing some days I will struggle with some or all, but am always aware of loves constant presence in and around me.
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