Bithday All the Time!

I'm hurtling across the sky back to Saskatoon and my heart is on fire.  I feel as always there is so much for me to do, and so much I must hold myself accountable to, due to the power and insight the life I've lived has given me.  

And it's my birthday... A birthday travel day, but there is nothing wrong with that.  What do you do on your birthday?  You celebrate your life, but is that something you should only do one day a year?  No!  I mean really you spend one day a year celebrating your existence and every other day mindlessly existing?  Of course not!  Which is why traveling through the middle of the night, by myself, on my birthday, doesn't bother a single cell in my body.  

I just spent three weeks in Maui participating in and helping run two surf camps for young adult cancer survivors.  Basically, I just spent three weeks celebrating life, and helping others do the same, a big group three week long birthday party if you will!  I celebrated life by figuring out how to surf and help my fellow survivors get back on their feet and reach their full potential, I don't know if there is a better birthday gift than that.  

I turned 29, getting old, or not at all.  I will say this, with each year that passes it hits me on a deeper level how close I came to not reaching the end of my 20's let alone the beginning and the middle.  As significant the strides I've made in this last year are, I still feel I am coming out of something and am just beginning to reach the potential I am capable of. Every experience I have humbles me, pushes me forward and illuminates the fact hat no matter how much I learn, there is always more to learn.  

I thank you all for your birthday wishes and kind words.  But most of all, I thank you for the support you've given me over the years that has allowed me to get back to celebrating life, not just on my birthday but everyday!  On your next birthday maybe you celebrate a bit more than on any average day, but don't discount the other 364 days of the year.  Everyday you wake up is reason to celebrate!  Wake up and laugh, wake up and be sad, wake up and feel your existence coursing through your vains and know that just being present and aware of what is going on inside and outside of you is a celebration of life. 

         Mahalo!  

P.S. Stay turned for a longer post about Maui!