Broken chains.
In my last post of substance, back in January (sheesh!) Ben and Jerry Seinfeld extolled the virtues of the unbroken chain.
By… pretty much any standards, I broke the chain. I certainly haven’t worked out every day, and I have not posted on my blog daily, weekly, or even monthly. Not even quarterly! Right now I’m going with semi-annual updates.
Despite failure at my goals from January, I’m gonna go on ahead and defend myself, because as I see it, I didn’t REALLY break the chain.
The chain is just made of different stuff now.
My life is dramatically different from 6 months ago. I’ve made opportunities to sing out loud and in front of people, I’m learning to read in another language (another alphabet!), and I have heaps of friends I didn’t have before. I’ve learned not to miss the things I had before, because some things and people move out of our lives, though painful, in a necessary way.
In my new chain, I recognize something meaningful and beautiful that I have brought into my life, and make sure that I treasure it. I’m no Olympic athlete, nor professional blogger, but by now you know that’s not the point of this page.
I’m reaching goals I never knew I’d set, and I’ve shaken out the unsettled feeling I think I’d been trying to explain away for a while.
Maybe my next post won’t be 6 months from now, but if it is, at least you’ll expect it. 
