Wednesday, December 27, 2006
One Year Wiser
Yesterday, I celebrated my 26th birthday. For the first time in ages, I felt very at peace during my birthday. Maybe it was because I did not expect much or maybe because I have come to realize that even if it were my birthday, the world does not revolve around me. Either way, I felt grateful and thankful for the sincere greetings of friends and family and for the fact that I felt hopeful for the year to come.
Anyway, to cap off the year that was I wanted to share with you my top three learning points last year. I will only post one at a time so I can wet your appetite for more. :)
- You can only rely on yourself for happiness - During the last year, I realized that no matter how people care for you or how much things you acquire, at the end of the day, you cannot really rely on anyone else but yourself to make you happy. When you cannot find ways to make yourself happy, grateful and at peace, you will always find something wrong with the way things are! Anyway, there are so many great things about living and being that it is quite stupid to always focus on the negative. The world is a much sunnier place if we choose to believe it as such. :)
Here is Erica's learning #1. :) Tomorrow I will post the second one. And oh, btw, I promise to update the blog more often. I had to retreat from doing so the past month because I questioned why I was actually writing here. But now I know. I am doing it for the few souls who enjoy my writing. :)
4 comments:
Yes Erica, I'm one of those souls that open your blog almost everyday :)
Happy belated birthday dear!
Wishing you a long, happy, successful and meaningful life...
with smile,
ali
Belated but still warm birthday wishes to you! :) Wishing you another great year of love, joy, learning and inner peace and harmony.... and happiness. ;)
Big hugs from Vienna,
Yat Wan :)
yes yes! please return to posting! I miss your pearls of wisdom!
happy birthday all be it a little late!
much love and hugs from Caracas :)
Thanks Yat, Ali and Aine for greeting me! :)
And thanks for the comments as well.
I wish all of you the same things you wished for me. :)
Hugs,
Erica
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