R E B O O T

This morning, someone shared a bit of wisdom that they got from Katie Couric.  In essence, the idea is simply this: life is a series of reboots.  So, hold the power button down for a couple of seconds, let the screen go blank, hit the power again to turn everything back on, and wait for the Blue Screen of Death.  Kidding.  It’s a metaphor; you get the drift.

We are continually presented with opportunities to reframe our thinking and approach life as if it were all new again.

This past weekend marked a significant anniversary in my life.  It was the 1-year anniversary of my family’s return from our adventure living in Europe.  A year ago this weekend, we found ourselves back where we started, unexpectedly rebooting in ways we hadn’t anticipated.  Blue Screen of Death?  Not really, but it wasn’t quite the immediate success we’d hoped for.  After all, who hopes for anything other than immediate and total success?  I don’t know many people who do, and those who do are just not that fun to be around.  Regardless, I found myself looking back 365 days and acknowledging that life had become an interlude.  The past year has been a transitional period somewhere in the space between the unlimited possibilities of life before our adventure and the uncertainty of life after.  I can’t say we put life on hold.  We simply allowed the current to take hold of the journey.

But those 365 days have passed.  So much is now new again.  It’s time to gracefully power down and elect to reboot.  I’ve been working towards this goal for a few months now, and, once again, I find myself successful in the endeavor.  It’s not that the future is once again filled with unlimited possibilities.  I can simply see them again because I choose to do so.

I choose to see the unlimited possibilities that await as a result of the reboot.