why hello there dear monday....thank you for reminding me today that even when i don't get it, everything happens for a reason. also, i am grateful that today, i remembered that i have the courage in me to do things i wounldn't normally do. ktnxbai

Why hello there dear Monday,

I’ve learned to love you so much that I think you deserve more than just a Facebook status message. You are, indeed, my Happy Day. Sure we’ve had our moments, but overall, you’ve been so super wonderful. As such, I’ve decided to write you a letter every week from now on. Whatchathink? Sounds good? Anyway, I think you’ve become so special you deserve a special honoring. Not only do you bring me so much joy, you always find ways for me to become a better me.

Anyway, for the past few months you’ve brought me so many important life lessons, and it has all been part and parcel of my wellness journey. I think my weight loss journey has stopped being just that, but it has evolved to really being a journey towards becoming a more well person in all sense of the word: psychologically, emotionally, spiritually, mentally, socially, and of course, physically. Through our weekly meetings I am able to take time out from my week and just listen to signs and learn from it. It’s funny, or should I say serendipitous?, that today, on that Facebook app that gives you random quotes from Paulo Coelho I got this:

We all have the ability…we just don´t all have the courage to follow our dreams and to follow the signs

As always, now that I’m sitting in the quiet just reflecting on my day and what I am grateful for, I find myself in breathless amazement of how the signs fall into place. Today I did just that: followed signs and bit the bullet, went into things that may be uncomfortable and just went with it.  I realized that risks and spontaneity, like I learned last December, just require full trust that no matter what, things will happen for a reason. In many ways, all the signs in my life have proved that right? Take for example my work…I never planned any of this…my being a lecturer at the university all happened because one day I was bored and decided to take up my Masters. Psych wasn’t even what I wanted to do…and for those who don’t know it, I went to DLSU on the last day of application for the third trimester of that school year and out of the blue, so darned randomly, I filled out the form. In the same way, as I said earlier over coffee, even my working in the clinic, which is undoubtedly far from my place (errr…even if I don’t feel its far haha!), all happened by sheer coincidence. I see them now as signs. Or like I said in a recent blog post, they were dots along my life journey that didn’t make sense when I passed them, but now that I look back, I see how wonderfully connected they are.

So thank you, Dear Monday, for that reminder today. You were a great start to the year…I know we may not always have as happy a day as today for one reason or another, but one thing I know for sure is that no matter what happens, you will always have a reason. And at the end of the day, I am made better for it.

Ktnxbai. (yes, I will still end you with that, even if you’re no longer just a status message :-) )

<3, ria

errr…i know this may sound strange to you if you are reading this for the first time, but to make a long story short, i have decided to devote my mondays to me, every single week, no matter what. or at least until 6pm when life gets back to normal as i prepare for the week ahead. so from today, i will take a random headshot of myself for the day (vain much i know, but i don’t care, it’s me day haha) and post a little note about my monday :-) i  do hope you keep coming back to read about my journey :-)