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i’ve sent about 6 postcards over the past year and my most recent one is currently on the website. it feels amazing to share that secret!

august 3rd, 2008: team 21 & Invincible :-)

i checked this goal off my list about a year ago…and recently decided that it should be back on there. it’s hard sometimes because when i feel like i’ve let go of one part of my past, it’s almost like soon after i’ll realize that there’s another aspect of my past i’m hanging onto. so i think this goal means more than letting go—it also means being present in the here and now. because being present is almost all we can ever ask for or hope for.

as part of my goal to improve my french, i took a semester of french this year at school after a long break from studying the language. i definitely did improve! no where near fluent, but i accomplished what i wanted to.

illinois to florida! and it was fabulous :-)

i decided that this year i’m gonna do it. i have my nifty bible passage a day plan, and i’ve been sticking to it so far. and i’m actually enjoying it :-)

my friend and i made little signs that had messages on them about peace and tolerance and hung them up all over our college campus. it was the coolest thing! we heard people talking about them several times and it made us feel like we made a little bit of a difference on our small campus :-)

this is one goal that, even though it’s checked off my list, i will keep trying to do!

ok, attempt 2 at parallel parking was made yesterday…less successful than attempt 1, but i made it! of course, this morning i forgot about it and automatically walked to the far parking lot, where i always end up parking because i can’t parallel, only to realize when i got there that my car was actually right out on the street by my door…sweet. oh well..

so i had been contemplating checking this goal off my list recently…but then one night it kinda came back to me, reminding me that maybe it’s never going to be completely checked off the list. and maybe that’s ok—cause as long as it’s there, it’s reminding me constantly how lucky i am to be alive, how wonderful living without that constant fear and voice in my head is, and how much more there is to life than that…so i’m ok with still having it on this list.

today i successfully parallel parked with the help of a friend navigating in the front seat. woohoo!

will practice more this week…

the most important decision i have ever made has been the one to let go of the past…when i was at one of the lowest points in my life, someone very wise once gave me this advice: “let go, and let God.” and that made all the difference,

soo cool!