A new year...a new hope...
Each new year holds promises for new opportunities. Perhaps, chances to make things better. Many make resolutions for improvement. Shouldn't we all? I suppose I should think about it....
So, last year, 2010, was a pretty good year for me. I stepped out of my box a bit, and experienced some new things. I lost nearly thirty pounds, by working out. What a drudge at first. Ugh! I remember the first few weeks were hell. I didn't want to do it... But, after I got into the daily chore, I found it wasn't a chore at all. I looked forward to it--how it made me feel afterward--empowered, as if I could do anything. It kicked in my metabolism, and gave me energy I hadn't felt in years!
I got to see the birth of a baby! Such a awesome experience....it has impacted me forever! And, I have been graced by this child, watching him grow, change, learn, experience things for the first time. Maybe, I should adopt that perspective---seeing everything, as if for the first time. That may prevent me from falling in a rut, with the day-to-day routine. Perhaps, putting my eyes in a different place, would offer a fresh outlook on the same old mundane crap.
I reconnected with a couple of dear, dear friends from my past. Incredibly, the two, who do not know each other, live in the same city. The years had separated us---life got in the way---even so, it was as if we had never been apart. Though we live 2,000 miles apart, I hopped a plane and went to see my former roommate, whom I'd met in high school. She opened her arms and her home to me. She showed me the sights of Seattle. She took me sailing on a big boat...a first for me, where I observed the full moon rising over Seattle, the city skyline from Puget Sound. The moonbeams danced on the beautiful nightwater. I slurped all this view, and more, onboard the sailboat. We spent the night on the boat in the pouring rain. I met wonderful people everywhere I went there. Seattle---friendly, hip and enticing. I had a little fling there, with her. Seattle...she is in my heart!
My other friend, is like a breath of fresh air for me. Call him artist, teacher, listener, and so much more. His outlook on living is creative and exciting. Positive and supportive, he provokes me to deep thought...or can keep it light and funny. Of the many things he has shared with me, some have made me gasp---even left me speechless. This wonderful friend, is like no one I have ever known. Easily spontaneous, he lives for the very moment he is in. That is easier said than done, and though I don't do it very well, he has inspired me to keep trying, and appreciates even my tiniest effort. We do share a love of nature, of music, of soulfulness, of description. I feel special, very fortunate, to have been touched once again, by his friendship...
There were so many amazing days in 2010....I've journaled so much this past year!!
I am looking forward to 2011. I will try again, this year, to accomplish the goals I couldn't reach in the old year. I am happy and hopeful. Hope...a necessary component to any success?
Happy New Year!
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