I spent the weekend with a gaggle of amazing women ( and one or two amazing men) at Whistler celebrating my 3rd participation in the everyWOMAN event. A weekend full of fitness, laughter and self discovery, yet again.
Coming home was as powerful as it always is. That moment when I drive off the ferry and finally have 4 wheels on Salt Spring Island again, feeling fulfilled.
Coming into our property, kids playing, dogs bouncing, and peace descends. I am home.
Home with my thoughts, and to sift through my experiences.
Sift. Ponder, and yes, sometimes dwell.
During the weekend we did an activity with Photobin Photography (if you don’t already know of them, you need to find out!) In exchange for a YUMMY cookie, we were to choose a word that captured us.
“I am every Woman because I am. . . “
Do you know how hard that is? To define yourself in one word? To be able to capture your strongest essence with just a few letters?
I was stuck. There were so many different parts of me, and I wasn’t sure where to start.
On one hand I am a homebody, I love my family, and my oasis on the island. I love my own company and cherish any time I have to myself. I read, I think, I dream. I love to create wonderful things, to garden, to bake, to write.
But then, I also love to travel. I love to challenge, and I love to assess, analyze, find solutions and re-build.
I am kind, but can also be direct and blunt. I am strong, courageous and confident, yet still doubt myself and worry about needless things.
I have faith that my life will be fulfilling, but still work hard at making sure it is. I am active, and love to sweat, yet frequently dream of a hammock and a great floppy sun hat.
I couldn’t define myself in any one direction, I couldn’t settle on one word.
Because I realize, that I am the sum of my experiences and over the many years, I have been shaped and formed and have become . . . me.
and like all of us, I am undefinable. I am a unique blend of quirks and chaos, stability and order. I am a conundrum, a paradox, a simple blend of ying and yang.
So in the end, that is what I went with.
Dichotomy: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
Me 🙂
Now, tell me: How you YOU define yourself?