There’s beauty in every day– that’s what I keep realizing

It’s 12 : 45 PM on day 2920 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, spend time outside – Spring and Summer in South Africa are so breath-taking –   read a Bible verse and do some work

Last Monday I set some goals and today I will again be evaluating myself to measure my progress and I’ll be setting some goals for the coming week as well. Take a look:

September 3^rd – 10^th   Goals Review

1. Continue to be kind, honest and generous (give more, do more and be more) [tried]
2. Be the best Supersidekick to my Superhero Catherine Constantinides [tried]
3. Spend time outside as often as I can [tried]
4. Finish reading Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi [not done yet]
5. Learn 7+ new things [not done often – I did learn that  the Orthodox church calendar we has 4 seasons and that we are supposed to pray 7 times daily (no joke)  ]
6. Write done 7 beautiful moments of the week [not done often]
7. Try new things [not done]
8. Use social media to showcase the ability of differently-abled people and teach that Different IS COOL! [done – on Casual Day I really did my upmost to teach that Different Is COOL ]

Highlights of the Week

• Spending time outside even though it was cold – everybody was so convinced I would get sick but I chose the possibility of seeing something wonderful over the fear of getting sick (and I didn’t get sick – very grateful)
• Seeing Baby R extending his bowl of chips to everybody at the prayer – we were at an Orthodox prayer and while the Fr. was leading the prayer his young son – less than 2- was going up to everyone extending his bowl of chips in case anybody was hungry. I had to decline but that touched my heart so – kids always make me cry for the best reasons
• Partaking in Holy Communion – for me it’s not just an empty act after I receive the Holy Eucharist I tell myself you are now wiped clean please stay that way for as long as possible of course I never do I’m only human I curse, I lie to spare people’s feelings but the intention to be pure is definitely there
• Talking to my cousin – she lives in Canada now with her husband and their twins so we don’t see other often but it was nice calling her on her birthday I’m happy she’s happy [note to self: call family even on non-special occasions]
• Talking to a friend (also on her birthday the birthday calls seem to be my theme)

September 10^th – 17^th   Goals

1. Continue to be kind, honest and generous (give more, do more and be more)
2. Be the best Supersidekick to my Superhero Catherine Constantinides
3. Spend time outside as often as I can and appreciate the little-big things
4. Finish reading Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
5. Learn 7+ new things
6. Write done 7 beautiful moments of the week
7. Try new things
8. Use social media to showcase the ability of differently-abled people and teach that Different IS COOL!