I feel as though I have a new spark for life — that I'm allowing the laws of attraction to work in my favor. And I'm loving it.

In the past few months I've found new appreciation for the little things — people, books, myself, faith — the list goes on. In the end, I'm pretty sure that most of it boils down to having a new appreciation and desire for myself. I'm letting myself to be attractive to people — and not just in the opposite-sex way, but in general — and I'm opening up for exploration.

At one point, I felt emotionally inadequate around others. I'm a younger person and have already had a long-term committed relationship. Talking about post-relationship dating with other women seemed weird to me — beyond foreign. I felt like I was unfit to join the conversation.

But as I've explored within myself, I see that my fears are no different than theirs. Yes, they might be older than me, but we're all looking for the same thing: We want to be cared for, nurtured, and above all else, to have fun.

I've always thought that if you're not having fun in life, you're doing something wrong. I've tried to instill this message in my children as much as possible. Right now, we're not having fun, but I'm going to work on taking steps to make that happen.