Excitement!

There are periods of time in our lives when things are exciting.  New friendship, new job, new relationship, school, new baby, whatever.  We all have those moments in life.  What happens when the initial excitement is over?  Does your attitude towards it change?

Today I spent some time with one of my dearest friends, Amber.  I remember being so excited to spend time with her when we first became friends.  As happens with most long lasting friendships, (or relationships) we have had our ups and downs over the years.  As time has passed, that initial excitement went away.  I don't feel my attitude towards my relationship with Amber ever changed.

While I was married, I didn't get to see her as much. I was focusing on nourishing (and trying to save) my marriage, while she was a single young woman who was still looking for her happily ever after. Since I split from my ex, I noticed that I became excited to spend time with her again, almost as much as when we were young.  She entered into a relationship, and wasn't able to spend as much time with me, because she was nourishing and cultivating (and trying to save) that relationship.  Today I got the feeling that she was excited to see me, almost as much as I was to see her.  She's an amazing person, and I love that we have been friends for 17 years.  We saw 2 ladies that were probably in their 70's when we were at the movie, and we both started laughing.  We feel that will be us in 40 or so years, still going to see silly movies together as long as we live in close proximity of each other.

What I am trying to articulate here, is that you don't have to lose the excitement.  Yes, sometimes the inital excitement will wear off, just because it is no longer new.  But when it comes down to it, it is about what we put into it. Life in general is as exciting as we want it to be. Keeping things positive, makes it easy to see how exciting life can be.

The term "YOLO" gets thrown around a lot these days, and sometimes I think people use it as an excuse to behave however they want to.  You Only Live Once (for those not in the know) can be used  constructively. It's a reminder that you will only live that day one time.  Why not make it fun, positive, and as exciting as you can? I know that in a small way, I live a YOLO lifestyle.  I rarely neglect my responsibilites, (I'm not perfect after all,) but I live every day to the fullest, and try to be as positive as I can.  Am I perfect at this every day? No.  There are some days, where it doesn't matter how hard you try, it's just not going to happen.  There will be days when it is easy to be excited, like Christmas, your birthday, or a vacation.  It's all part of this crazy journey we call life.

Do what you can to live an exciting life my friends!

All my love,
Shae