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Thursday, January 1, 2009

365 Blank Pages Ahead

Standing on the brink of another year filled with the brilliant unknown, I have some wants.

As a daughter,
I want to be less critical and more accepting.
I want to see more of the good and less of the annoying.

As a sister,
I want to listen more and talk less.
I want to be more welcoming and less occupied.

As a friend,
I want to be less consumed and more available.
I want less email and more face-to-face.
I want to assume less and create more.

As a mama,  
I want to yell less and have more patience. 
I want to resist less and surrender more.
I want to be less in my head and more in the room.

As a wife,
I want to be less critical and more supportive.
I want to busy myself less and relax more.
I want to complain less and to smile more at the end of a long day.

As a woman,
I want less fear and more faith.
I want less second-guessing and more boldness.
I want less comfort and more risk.
I want to create more in every facet of myself.

And as I learned from a beautiful soul 
who left this planet way too early,
I want to dare to disturb the universe.

Happy 2009 my friends.
Hope to see you face to face.

20 comments:

  1. Happy New Years! I LOVe your new template. I too am a tired mom!

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  2. love the new look. those are some great goals. well said

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  3. love the makeover. very cool. listen, your first verse jumped out at me, big time. sometimes i feel like it is too late for me and my mom (oh nothing too major) and i think if i focus on my relationship with MY kids, it somehow makes up for the rough patches between me and my mom. but you are right, it isn't too late, and i can be less annoyed and critical and just focus on the good with my own mom. thanks for that.

    oh, and you already strike me as bold, so i think you can check that one off!

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  4. Man...I love your writing!!

    Less in my head, and more in the room...I am gonna steal that one like a thief.

    Happy New Year!!
    Jay

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  5. Hey, I think we can all relate to everything in this entry! I think will make these my New Year's Resolutions.

    Like the new design!

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  6. That was beautiful!

    I love the new look! Very Snazzy

    Happy New Year

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  7. Wow, what a wonderful post! Great sentiments for '09.

    My goal is too look less like Fat Bloated Britney and more like Fit Sexy Britney. Why I am comparing myself to britney is a mystery.

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  8. Lee, that is well said and inspiring. Thanks for sharing that with us.

    Also, I like the new look around here.

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  9. This is so inspiring! I love your introspection.

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  10. now THAT was DAMN good. I can't even be a smart ass about it.

    LOVE the new look. You've been BUSY while i was away.....

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  11. What a great post of reflection..

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  12. Hmmmm....I LOVED this post. There's something about a new year that brings the "hope" of being a little bit better as a person. It feels good to start fresh. Thanks for putting it so beautifully.

    Oh, and here's to lots more face-to-face:)

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  13. That's the best list of goals for the year I've seen! Very insightful. And I love your new look, dah-ling! ;)

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  14. I'm a new reader - found you through the hotfessional.com site. I am a first-time mother of a six-month old daughter who was inspired to start blogging as a way to journal my life as a mother and to make sure I had all of her "first" down somewhere (I'm horrible at actually writing it down in her baby book). I read your description of what MWOB was all about and was hooked! I'll be tuning in!

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  15. Happy New Year. Thos are some really terrific wants!!!

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  16. That is awesome!!!! I haven't checked in in awhile and what a treat to read your latest. LOVE IT!!! And ... a good reminder for all of us to focus on what's important. Thank you.

    I love your new look too ... very hip, very modern, very you.

    XO

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  17. That's nice Leane. I think about these things sometimes too. How to be a better husband, son, brother, uncle, friend. It's always a work in progress, and one where there is no perfection, just always the chance to improve and get better.

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  18. Wow, that blows away my feeble resolution to be a better person. You really hit it on the head.

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  19. Truly wonderful goals - brave to put them out to us in print - i can't wait to re-assess on Dec. 31st! :) And THANKS Lee for the beautiful shout out to our dearly missed soul sister, Nicole. She did dare to disturb the universe - over and over again - and we are all better for experiencing life with her. And if you happen to be reading this, Stacey, thank you for sharing this incredible "universe" passage - we won't ever forget it.

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  20. Love the great post. I'm with you, fear less this year....

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