I love a fresh start. There is something so beautiful and promising about the chance to put up a new calendar knowing that nothing in the time frame it represents has occurred. We don’t know what will happen in the course of those new days, and each and every day gives us the choice to make it a good or not-so-good experience. For me, no other time offers this type of keen awareness but the start of a new year. People seem more willing to look for ways to improve themselves; their life and the world around them at the beginning of a year—regardless of the results come spring, summer or fall. Many of us put together resolutions and goals with the hope of doing things different this time around with a positive expectation that the results might be better. Being someone that loves the concept of personal improvement, it’s always an exciting universal offering to observe and appreciate.
I wonder what my new year might hold in store for me. Will I get more of the things I want for myself? What will I observe that makes me want something different in my experience, for others and for this world? What new books, movies and shows will I come across that move me? What new scenes in nature will I see that will invoke a sense of awe and appreciation? What new people will I meet that I feel connected to and offer me new perspectives? What old friends will I see again and share laughter and love with? What new things will I learn and do in my job that will inspire me and assist me in better serving this community, locally and globally? It’s so exciting to think about when I look at it from this perspective. I absolutely love the feeling of promise my New Year holds. Can you feel this same sense of anticipation and excitement? I certainly hope so.
Life is full of cycles— open and closed, tuned in and tuned out, tapped in, tapped out, turned on and turned off. If there’s one resolution and goal I’d like to embody this year it is to be more often open, tuned in, tapped in and turned on (yah baby). Everything else I want will come naturally from those moments, feelings and places. I’m telling you, there’s nothing like the blessing of a new start! Please enjoy and appreciate yours.
