The more I thought about how fitting that particular word was to describe our year, the more I realized what a blessing it was to have such an unremarkable year.
It means we are much as we were a year ago.
We are all doing much the same that we did and have been doing for the years that preceded this one.
We wake up each morning and our bodies continue to take us where we want and need to go. No surprises have caught us off guard as good health continues to be a blessing that we have carried with us throughout the year.
This has been a year where many people who touch my life have not had such an unremarkable year. There has been loss, heartbreak, critical health issues, job loss and unstable new territory for so many I know. Bad things have been happening to good people. What they would give to have such an unremarkable year.
Oh, to sit in a doctor’s office and hear the words “Your test result is unremarkable.” I had such an experience for a minor issue that was being investigated. The word “unremarkable” remained with me long after I walked out of the office.
Unremarkable. The word summed up the way I felt about my life.
At first I took issue with such a realization. I must make my life remarkable. It is time to set new goals, or at least follow through on the goals I have not yet attained. I must dream and reach for the stars. I must make the most of the days that I have, because we do not know what is around the next corner.
To live in fear of what may lie in store is to stop living life to the fullest.
As I walked through the days that followed, I realized just how wonderful it is to have an unremarkable year. Perhaps the highs were not so high, but on the flip side, the lows were not so low. It was a slightly hilly year, but our feet were on the ground throughout the ride.
We have had years of drama and it is always a very good feeling to come out the other side of it a little wiser, a little stronger and with compassion for those who are dealing with their own personal challenges. This year, I have sat on the sidelines with my heart aching for others.
No matter what this past year has brought you, my wish for you? An unremarkable day or week or more. A day where you wake up and life doesn’t throw you a curve ball that you weren’t expecting.
In the experiment called life, I feel perhaps this year was one to call the “control year,” the year in which all was stable, the year to measure others against. It isn’t much to write about but in the end, I am grateful for such a year.
Our unremarkable year. We should all be so lucky.
