Reverb 12-16

12. Body integration. This year, when did you feel the most integrated with your body? Did you have a moment where there wasn't mind and body, but simply a cohesive YOU, alive and present? The beginning of 2009 versus 2010 was definitely a body integration moment as that is when I gave birth to my second daughter. I think that anytime a body goes through that much intense pain at once, after awhile, your body and mind start to operate as one.

13. Action. When it comes to aspirations, its not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen. What's your next step?
My next step is definitely putting some of my thoughts into action; specifically to do with spirituality and my career aspirations. I really need to get back to the basics and follow the golden rule. Once I start treating people the way that I want to be treated, I am positive that more doors will open for me.

14.Appreciate. What's the one thing you have come to appreciate most in the past year? How do you express gratitude for it?
I definitely appreciate that my mother is a totally different person than she was a year ago. Without going into too much detail here, for a while I did not think that my mother would live to see age 50. It makes me so happy to see her succeed. I show my gratitude every time I see her by telling her that I am so proud of her and that I love her dearly (although I keep my distance because she's a Sagittarius, and Sags are crazy!! haha!)

15.5 minutes. Imagine you will completely lose your memory of 2010 in five minutes. Set an alarm for five minutes and capture the things you most want to remember about 2010. I want to remember my lazy, carefree summer and my baby girl growing into an individual with her own preferences. Mostly, I want to remember the growth in moving from point A to point B. It may not make much sense right now, but it will in the future.

16.Friendship. How has a friend changed you or your perspective on the world this year? Was this change gradual, or a sudden burst? This prompt is hard for me to answer because I don't have a lot of friends, or those that I would consider close friends, anyways. There are two sets of friends that stick out in my mind: at my current place of employ and within the graduate class that I am taking this semester. I've bonded with a few people on my team and they've changed my perspective about the school environment and the students--basically, it's just a job, don't get caught up in the politics, play the game, don't get played. As for my graduate class cohort? They've allowed me to see that we are all life-time learners and no one has all the solutions to every problem that we'll face in the classroom.