celebration, release and nourishment

as the end of 2005 was coming around and i was waiting for my friend amy, who was my neighbour when i was two years old, and now lives in london, at the train station, while a mouse ran in the door of the cafe on platform one and nobody noticed except for me....and i was thinking:

* what from 2005 do i want to celebrate and cherish?

* what from 2005 do i want to let go of and release?

* what do i want to nurture and nourish in 2006?

my list of answers is not yet complete (the mouse was kind of distracting and amy arrived from airport :)...but one of the things i decided i want to celebrate was the fact that this time a year ago i left australia with no job (or visa!) , but just a passion to learn more about and work in diversity....

and one of the things that i want to nurture and nourish in 2006 is my sense of excitement, celebration and achievement - most of the time i don't allow myself to feel excited about the goals i achieve, cos somehow it's expected that i'll reach most of them, cos i don't want to appear arrogant and a show-off....and so i feel more like i've ticked a box on a to-do list than achieved anything special....

so tonight i acknowledge to myself and celebrate that it was my first day officially working as as a diversity and inclusion consultant at abn amro - that i'm contributing to an area i'm passionate about and learning alot :) and that's something i'm proud of...cheers!