Looking back at 2009

WOW! What a year 2009 has been!

I was recently chatting with a friend and we briefly observed that at this time last year... both of us were looking at huge question marks as we looked our respective futures in the face.

Last December... I was married to a wonderful woman with whom I wanted to start a family,(little did I know that our relationship was on the rocks). I had taken a dead-end job in retail photography to help make ends meet after being unemployed for 4 months and was working crazy hours during the holiday season with no great job prospects in sight.

Fast forward to March 09. My work hours severely cut, my marriage came to an end as it took its last gasping breath. I moved out and we were both done. Years of missed communication and unmet expectations came to a head. I was on my own. The divorce was swift and cordial. I left 8 years of companionship behind. Boy did I have a ton of question marks staring me in the face then! Where was I going to live? What about a steady job and transportation? I had lost my heart.

Then the most amazing things started happening. With the providence of God and I'm sure the prayers of family and friends the doors of the abundance of the universe began to open.

First a place to stay with friends and then a truck for transportation. And then the blessing of a full-time job (with medical benefits) that provided the means to rent a great place with wonderful roommates and to purchase a reliable sporty coupe!

Since then, I have joined a gym and grown physically and mentally as I have accepted more responsibility (with a move up the pay scale) at work. I really enjoy what I do with Care and Share and can see that I am making a difference as part of a team!

I have also rediscovered a part of me that I had buried. My body was made to move and I get a great deal of joy from dancing. I have gone out dancing and it has been really such a blast!

During this past year I have also made some amazing new friends and reconnected with old ones who have spoken life into me. I feel that I am right where I am meant to be.

I have experienced a tremendous amount this year, physically and emotionally it has been a wild ride. Had I known that I would have gone through the tangled mess of heartache and pain to the joy of rediscovered passion, I don't know if I would have signed up for it.

As it it I wouldn't change a thing! And I am beginning to truly believe that we can accomplish the most impossible of things! :)

I know there are still question marks that loom into 2010 and beyond for me and for you. I will meet mine with confidence and courage. Will you meet yours that way too?

....on the road to discovering a full life!

Isaac