December 31st....the last day of 2011.
It has been a long year - a year filled with highs and lows. Something I suspect we all have.
That quote in the title summarizes a lot of what I have been feeling this year. Sadness for a lot of wonderful experiences that ended - adventures with friends, a relationship, training for races, watching my children move on in life, friends moving to new cities, milestones coming and going ....but all in all, a ton of wonderful memories to embrace!
We all have accomplishments - some of those may just have been making it through a particular day and others may have been completing a challenge we never thought we were capable of. Some accomplishments were filled with sadness and regret....others with joy and triumph.
Regardless, we survived each high and each low.
As I reflect back upon the roller coaster ride I endured this year, each one of those ups, downs, twists and turns were not accomplished alone. I was surrounded by love and support from old and new friends - many made through my involvement with LIVESTRONG, others through random meetings (again, I truly believe things in life happen for a reason), and many others virtual strangers.
I appreciate each and everyone of you - my blog readers, my #plankaday partners, my running friends, my LIVESTRONG friends, my partners in crime (you know who you are), those that have known me since grade school (and unfortunately have the pictures to prove it), those I work with, and those that only know me from social media. Without each of you, I would not have survived the lowest lows in life or have the successes I was blessed with this year.
I welcome 2012 with open arms....and although I will continue running for LIVESTRONG, I am considering 2012 as the Year of the Bike. Yes, a new challenge....and one that scares the daylights out of me. But, my focus will be in cycling....with a few half marathons thrown in for cross-training. More to come!
As I scoured my list of favorite quotes, I couldn't find just one that summarized how I am feeling as a new page begins at midnight. So, I am sharing several....as my parting comments for 2012.
And one last comment from Barb for 2012 ~
....instead of celebrating tonight at midnight, consider celebrating each and every midnight....reflect upon the successes/fails of each day, have gratitude and create a goal/resolution for the new day to come! CELEBRATE LIFE!!
“Begin at once to live and count each separate day as a separate life.” -Seneca
"The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment." -Pema Chodron
"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." -Charles Swindoll
"If we look at the world with a love of life, the world will reveal its beauty to us." -Daisaku Ikeda
"Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out." ~John Wooden
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." -Robert Louis Stevenson
“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Your outlook on life is a direct reflection on how much you like yourself." -Lululemon
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” -Pericles
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