What's your most difficult life adjustment when a new year presents itself? No, I'm not talking about the endless resolutions we make (and break) to ourselves and others. Every year brings new challenges, new thoughts - basically a fresh perspective on our life and the lives of those around us. We have another year behind us to ponder over. What went right ro according to 'the plan'? What could have been better if...(fill in the blank). We most undoubtably have regrets. Those coulda-shoulda-woulda's that have already started to nag on us a bit. When do you let go? When do you release the hold on things past, things that can't be changed, and strengthen you grip on the possibilities to come? Are you encouraged? Ambitious? Optimistic?
I love living in the northern hemisphere. I don't know how it would feel to me if the new year was celebrated as summer faded to fall. I love fall...and loathe summer, to an extent. But with winter, newness abounds. In the season of the year where most living go dormant, and where night is king, there is a sense of expectation, an 'I get to start over and make things better' feeling that I don't think I'd have on a sweatty summer day. New birth. New life. That's what I - indeed, what we long for. And in our part of this globe, that comes in the fresh air of a winter day. Welcome 2011!
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