It's here, the day has finally dawned, and I am now officially fabulously 40 It seems pretty amazing to me to have reached this fab age and still feel like a little girl inside for so much of the time. I remember when I was a little girl and 40 seemed unbelievably old, and now it seems so young. It's all relative, just like the passage of time generally: do you remember when you would break up for the Summer holidays from school, and those long weeks would seem like a lifetime? These days you suddenly realise that another week, month or year has passed in what seems like the blinking of an eye...
Having said that, any major birthday is an opportunity to reflect on where we're at in our life journey, and I have to say that I am happy as a lark with where I am right now. The last year has been one of immense personal growth and learning, with the ultimate joy of finding my vocation after a long time of searching, just before my last birthday in fact. The intense amount of training that I completed over this last year has enabled me to follow my dream of helping people overcome the challenges that are holding them back and take their lives to another level - I couldn't ask for a more rewarding career than that!
Yesterday I had the chance to re-visit the event that started me on this whole course: Fire Your Desire with Inner Compass. This time I was on the other side of the event, as I crewed on the fire team, building the firewalk.
What an awesome experience! A lot of hard work, and so worth it - it was wonderful to watch the participants overcoming their fears and walking the firewalk that I had a part in building, not to mention that I got to walk myself once they had all been.
The skies opened just as we finished, which helped to put the firewalk and firepit out for us to clear up, though you'd be surprised how long those hot coals keep smouldering for even when drenched. Finally it was all done, and we were able to get changed into clean and dry clothes before heading to the bar for a celebratory drink. It was fantastic to be a part of something so great, not to mention the joy of catching up with my Inner Compass "family", who all sang me Happy Birthday just after midnight! I would have loved to have stayed for the whole weekend, especially as it's the last time the event will be run, but chose to come home to celebrate my 40th with my friends back here - they've organised a party for me tonight, and I know have some surprises in store for me - I can't wait!
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