Summary

I’m in my happy place: in bed with my laptop, listening to showtunes.

I could be anywhere and today I’m in London.

Sunshine streams through the 16^th floor to ceiling windows. The view across the river Thames is an endless sea of buildings, old and new, industrial and residential. It’s Wandsworth town, an area developing and I feel right at home.

I’m feeling my favorite morning feelings: excitement for the endless possibilities the day holds in store for me. Anything could happen- it usually does.

One of my favorite things to do is: Think. The result is: Realizations (which are some of life’s best treats). To think, I need time to do it and things to think about. I fill my life with opportunities for both.

Today is 2015’s culmination: New years eve! It’s ideal to indulge in a little reflection. If I had one word to summarize 2015 it would be

Delightful

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There has been reason to celebrate almost every occasion. I’ve experienced satisfaction that transcends fleeting happiness – I’ve known Joy, like I never have before.

Some personal highlights:

• This was the year I moved into my first sole-owned home (exactly 10 years after I first bought my co-owned apartment). As Virgina Woolfe wrote, I now have have ‘A Room of ones own’  and the comfort and security of having a home base has enabled me to become freer than ever before.

• It’s 5 months shy of 2 years living in Cape Town- a move that has been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

• It’s a year I’ve finally had the courage to let go of negative, draining ‘fiend-ships’ and the result has been increased energy to channel into inspiring joyful relationships.

Doing time in Durban, I obsessed over the idea of ‘Finding my people’. I literally made signs for ‘Ideas in Boxes’ that I sold at flea-markets and shops that said ‘Find your people’. I made ‘Malvalite*’ badges to randomly award to people I thought were part of my tribe. (*From meaning ‘Mad cool people’ into ‘Mad cool enlightened Human Doings’). I found solace online in writing for ‘Rebelle Society- for the creatively mal-adjusted’  and connected to some others from my un-named tribe.

And now, more than ever before in my life, as I have become more me, I have discovered more of my people. The longing I felt for them is fulfilled. The best parts of 2015 have been my female friendships. The quality of the multi-faceted women I’ve met has been astonishing. Independent; emotionally complex; fun-loving; brave; generously spirited; beautiful souls, whom I cherish and adore. Some have been there all along and with the removal of the clutter, have become rediscovered treasures. How much more enjoyable life is with people who support, encourage, nurture and love you just as you are – and how long its taken me to allow myself this discovery!

And I have finally met good men! Great guys whom I respect and enjoy the company of! It may seem ridiculous to only now have realized that men are people too (not just the inferior sex – but equipped with vulnerabilities, sensitivities and insecurities too!) but if you’re from Durban or dated the kind of guys I have post divorce, maybe you’ll relate? 😉

I stuck to my 2014 lesson and Let Go of things that never did or no longer serve me and continued my life process of actualization.

When working out my feelings about something particular, there is usually a show tune that says it best. This year, it’s this:

Measure in Love

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And because I can’t say it better myself, here is this gem of the song for you:

“Seasons of Love – Rent the Musical”

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty five thousand moments so dear
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets
In midnights, in cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife
In five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, a year in the life? …

Measure in love…

In truths that she learned
Or in times that he cried
In bridges he burned or the way that she died

It’s time now, to sing out
Though the story never ends
Let’s celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends…

Remember the love..

Seasons of love

Measure your life, measure your life in love.

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My goal for 2016 is to become more aware of, and embrace the concept of Transcendence. A divine existence. Where the focus is not just on ‘becoming’ but about transcending the barriers of what I thought was possible in all areas of life.

Of living in a way that transcends space and time – so more travel and more work online realities. New levels of possibilities. Greater scope for connection. And to continue to transcend happiness into Joy state. To push myself further and be more than I imagine I could be.

And tonight, (to quote yet another perfect show tune) I plan to “Celebrate the me yet to come”

Here’s to a joyful transcendent 2016!

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Sending you extra Love today,

Showtune Lyrics Bonus for you! haha:

I Sing The Body Electric by Fame Musical

I sing the body electric
I celebrate the me yet to come
I toast to my own reunion
When I become one with the sun

And I’ll look back on Venus
I’ll look back on Mars
And I’ll burn with the fire of ten million stars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars

I sing the body electric
I glory in the glow of rebirth
Creating my own tomorrow
When I shall embody the earth

And I’ll serenade Venus
I’ll serenade Mars
And I’ll burn with the fire of ten million stars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars

We are the emperors now
And we are the czars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars