choices.

life keeps teaching me that i don't have control. sure, i can choose what to do in each moment, when options are presented to me. but those options? not in my control.

i can choose how to react. how to feel.
to move on or to stay stuck on a negative thought or feeling.
to open my mind to possibilities or to close it.

those are my choices.

the others are not.

this weekend, i chose to run 12 miles. i chose to clean the house and go grocery shopping. to buy a birthday gift for b, to eat the lentil burger at blanc, see 'the social network,' have our first fire of the season, embrace the weather change. simply, i chose to call my life beautiful, and to enjoy it.

b's birthday is friday. i can't believe it's been a year since the last one.

a year full of changes and growing and learning. but mostly, a year full of love.