Spirits of the Year Past: Highlights from 2019
My Top Three Favorites of 2019

This was actually extremely difficult. Choosing only three pieces for the entire year when I’ve read so many incredible articles by so many gifted and talented writers as proven to be quite the challenge. So I’ve gone back through my own ‘responses’ to see which ones seemed to have touched me the most. Here’s what I found!

A Guide to Figuring Out Who You Are After 50 -By renee tarantowski

“ Life is not a sprint. Be still. Quiet your mind. Take a walk outside. Whatever it takes for you to take a look at your life from your own lens. Sit with this idea of what you will do with this one miracle of a life.”

Although I’ve got a decade before I get to 50, I feel that this is relevant for any age. Figuring out who you are doesn’t actually need a time-stamp. It simply requires you to reflect quietly on your life; figure out the things you love, the things you don’t…the titles you have, and the titles you might want.

This is a brilliant piece about life and recognizing one’s truth. It really touched me, and I feel it most definitely did not garner the attention it deserves. I hope you’ll all read it and give it its due credit!

2. I’ll Never Stop Insisting Santa is Real -By Rachael Hope

This one is making a second appearance — the first being in my December 10th Top 3 article. It really touched me and I feel it definitely deserves another shout-out!

Magic is all around us — not only at Christmas time but every single day. We have to believe in it to see it. To feel it. That’s something that tends to fade as we grow older…adulthood gets so bogged down with real life, stress, and responsibility, that we push aside what we believe is ‘frivolous’…the fairy tales of childhood. What we forget is that it’s those exact fairy tales that bring us so much joy.

For me, this story isn’t only about Christmas and Santa, but about learning to find and keep that joy, magic, and wonder in our hearts in our every-day lives.

3. The Danger of Looking Under Stones -By Crystal Jackson

This is another repeat for me, taken from my Top 3 article from October 29th.

Sometimes, the old adage of ‘leaving no stone unturned’ can work in our favor. Other times, it can have the opposite effect. When we start caring too much about what people think about us and then start looking for evidence that what they’re saying might be true, or want to prove them wrong, we can get ourselves in very deep emotional trouble.

The moral: Don’t worry (don’t even think) about what others may think of you. Ignore the gossip and rumors if there are any. Simply live authentically, following the path of your own truth.
['Edie Tuck']
['Top 3', 'Magic', 'Prompt', 'Life', 'Truth']