Five Years

Bruce and I have been married five years as of July 3rd! Can you believe it's been that long?! The longest I had dated anyone, before Bruce of course, was six weeks. Weeks! I never understood how people could date for years let alone be married for decades - wouldn't they get bored of each other?! I can tell you that the time I've been with Bruce, a total of eight years now, has flown by! There's so much to Bruce, he's funny, he's interesting, he's intelligent and he can make me laugh like no other person can! Five years...wow!

Some times you come across things that make you stop and think. Earlier this year I found an inspirational blog that I follow that you should check out cuz I'm sure you'll end up following it too: http://www.marcandangel.com/. There was this one post that made me stop and think. It was a blog post about 50 things that will free your mind - because sometimes asking the right questions is the answer. I won't list all the questions here because you seriously should check the site out for yourself but I will list a few that really got me thinking:

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
Which is worse, failing or never trying?
If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?
If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?
Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?
If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?
What one thing have you not done that you really want to do?
If not now, then when?
If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today?
Are you making decisions for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you?

Perhaps those questions got me thinking because of where I am in life right now. I guess I'm in a crossroads in some sort of way. I'm at a time where I'm re-evaluating where I'm at. I know there are some things that I've always wanted to try or do but never have...the self doubt, the "That's something I'll do later" approach, whatever it is, is holding me back. When I came across those 50 questions, something in me clued in. Why aren't I doing these things? Why am I waiting for another time, what if another time never comes? So I made my first step...I called about getting a table at the Christmas craft sale in the Leg Pedway to sell my cupcakes. Why not? What's the worst that can happen? I fail? But I will have tried something that I've always wanted to and if I fail then I'll definately walk away with some lessons from the experience. But I won't fail. It'll be great...and you know what? I'm excited about it even not knowing if I'll fail or succeed. I like being excited!