New Year
Battled and bruised, uplifted and joyous we stumble towards the new beginning that is “the new year”.
We are encouraged, challenged to let go of things and emotions of the past year.
We must make room for the new, for the opportunities, the experiences waiting in the wings of the curtains of the new year that are soon to go up.
Take stock. Accept and let go.
One night can do all of this?
We have only just dealt with Christmas and all of the tumult that it can carry with it and now we must in one evening do the bookkeeping of the year just past. Balance the budget. Wipe the slate clean. Start fresh. I am the same person on day one of 2016 as I am today, the last day of the year. I wonder at the expectations for the evening. Will I be disappointed at the result when I wake 01 January 2016?
I am a believer in taking time to reflect on the past and the present. Dream of the future. At New Year? At any time of the year when needed. Press the pause button and take the time. New Year is when it is virtually demanded of each and every one of us and I think we must tread the waters carefully as the expectation to find revelations is high. The drop great if the result is found to be lacking.
New Years resolutions? Harsh when you don’t live up to them.
Set intentions? A softer version of the same thing. The guilt perhaps not quite as obliterating.
2016? I will continue my search for me, to be real and true, authentic in my thoughts and actions. I hope the path I walk is by choice. The challenges to be faced bring lessons and I am open to the experiences. I hope that my search brings joy and happiness and that my joy will spread like ripples in the pond. My job is to find what makes my heart sing. In this way I may perhaps bring joy to those around me. Make someone smile. Lighten a heavy heart. I tread carefully into 2016 with a song in my heart. Ready to accept and let go, be happy. Enjoy.
No miracles…and yet…I wake in the morning…I breathe…I smile. I am enormously grateful.

My hope is that you have an inspiring and joyous 2016.

Happy New Year.