““You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures.”

― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

I write here often about balance and abundance, about grief and joy, and the importance of slowing down. I write about how I try and listen to my emotions and my physical body and how I remind myself daily to take time to pause and pay homage and marvel at the world around me. I often do this with my camera.

It has dawned on me, just in the past few weeks, that when I started down this path of reawakening some 25 years ago (due to so many things out of my control) I expected to come out the other side cured, wiser, a bit daring, and self-assured. And I am not saying those things don’t happen occasionally, but for the most part I fight to stay on this healing path of renewal. It is not easy. It is not straightforward, nor is it effortless.

But, it is worth it.

“Anyhow, what else are you going to do with your time here on earth—not make things? Not do interesting stuff? Not follow your love and your curiosity?”

― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear