Labels

So I finally got around to figuring out how to do a label cloud on the sidebar. *I know, it sounded like incoherent rambling to me too when I first heard it.* But, it looks like it will be helpful in organizing my posts.

And now that I have it up and running on the sidebar, I am systematically going back through each of my former posts and putting labels on them. 266 posts to be specific. *Sigh*

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I mentally assign labels to all sorts of things. People (even though we shouldn't, we still do), places, experiences. And sometimes we forget that we can choose how we label something, and hence, how we view it. I was just talking with a woman yesterday, who was telling me about breaking her right hip at age 45, and how she made the decision when it happened that she was not going to label the experience as bad. I have to tell you, that just floored me. What a great way to assert power over your own life! You make the decision of how to label something and by doing so you determine how it will affect you.

I have decided to label this portion of my life as the time to enjoy things.
Everything.

Last weekend while we were on the boat out at Palisades, I sat up in the open bow while we zipped across the cool water. I soaked that moment in so thirstily. I couldn't get enough of it, it was amazing.

And yesterday, when I was driving home and stuck in traffic, I enjoyed looking around at the stores and people that I am typically too busy driving to notice. I enjoyed that.