luck

what is luck?  is luck finding the four leaf clover. the double rainbow or the penny right side up?   luck for me this year was defined quite differently.  it came in the choices i made the consequences i suffered and the obstacles i overcame.  luck to me was simply a word used to describe my choices.

tomorrow i turn 34.

34.

i don't remember life at 3 or life at 4.  i don't recall what decisions i made or paths i took.  i spent most of 33 trying to figure it out.  my faith was restored.  my life was given a purpose.  i spent most of 33 alone trailblazing the in's and out's of triathlon.  i taught myself how to ride with clipless pedals (in my living room of all places),  i braved the triathlon stores looking for the "outfit" that might cover up that muffin top i'd spent years at the bar working on,  i figured out how to shift gears, how to change a tire, how to swim without stopping every 25 meters.  i learned lessons about defeat (thank you havasu) and i learned lessons on victory (thank you st. george)  i re established relationships i thought were lost and sadly i lost  some.  i met people that changed the way i looked at life and changed my life forever and when i thought i'd lost all the support, suddenly it was there again.  within myself.

i now take on 34  with more guts and will demand more glory.  i'm surprised everyday at what i'm capable of.  capable of because of choices i'm making.  i may falter.  i may fall.  but what's important is that i get back up.  i get back up to face the day that God has so willingly granted me.  so 33 you are now a thing of the past.  and 34?  well 34 you my friend have yet to be discovered.