They say a journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step…This blog is my first step towards reclaiming  a deeper direction and purpose in my life. By sharing this journey with the world my goal is to help others in similar situations seek a life of deeper meaning.   I’m excited about the twists and turns down the road and l’m looking forward to sharing them with you, but before we move forward I need to share a bit about where I’ve been.

Here’s my story.

Over the past several years I found myself speaking more and more about the things I “used to do” and finding very little in my life that I was still doing.  I was living in the past tense. Sure, I was helping to raise my three kids, working and living a life, but I was sure I wasn’t living the best life I could and that I had somehow lost the plot in my own story.  I used every excuse in the book for why this happened; I’m too busy with work, the kids stuff comes first, I’m too tired, etc.  And as time went on the hole I was in got deeper and the list of things that went in the “used to do” pile got larger and the person I wanted to  be became ever more distant with each passing day.  My weight ballooned, my sleep suffered, my motivation for anything at all dried up and I just couldn’t find a way to take that first step. I was spiraling into a free fall and felt helpless to stop it.  Then on June 20th of this year my father died.

Since the moment of that phone call my life and perspective has changed in so many ways.  Over the next couple of blog entries I’m going to share what happened after that phone call and how it pushed me to action.

Stay tuned.