I was voted 'Most Likely to Succeed' by my high school class, along with the girl who was our valedictorian. I've always felt very strange about that. What kind of success are we talking about here? Fabulous wealth and celebrity? Okay. None of us would mind that. But what about more simple success? What about just being happy where we are in the world? The past years in Montréal have been the first time that I've been able to say that I was truly happy with where I was in the world.
My one personal wish for 2005 is that I'll be able to say the same a year from now, wherever I might be as 2006 begins.
I wrote that a little over a year ago.
While I am not thrilled with where I am in the world right now, I am certainly satisfied if not generally happy. Things could be rather worse. Portland isn't so bad. I have a decent job that I enjoy. I'm head-over-heels in lurv (not love just yet, mind you) with a wonderful man. At the end of the day, I really can't complain about what I've done and what I will do the next day.
So, I think that I was able to fulfil my wish for 2005. We'll see if 2006 can do the same.
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