A New Year Dawns
Tis the season to be in spirit. However, my spirit has been on somewhat of a vacation for quite some time. But it is returning. Returning new and refreshed. Unlike it has ever been before. I have come to the realization that "I know nothing" and this is a beautiful thing. I know I am never alone. I know there is a spirit within me that is ever changing, ever growing, ever beautiful. More beautiful than it ever was before. Innocence has always been in my natural makeup. And to accept this has always been a struggle for me. I have wanted to go against it and make choices that are along the lines of the rest of the world around me...but for me that has never been natural. Acting outside of myself has hurt more than it has been nurturing.
2006 was a year of change. A year that upon reflection may have been viewed as being next to disaster had I not learned so much. It was a definite journey through the 'dark night of my soul'. But even darkness holds beauty. I will forever remember it as a year of the beginning of the rest of my life. My mind was opened up to so many new things. It was a foundational year.
As 2007 comes into view I look upon it with a hopeful heart. I can feel the beginning of changes. Changes for the better inside and outside of myself. I have a seed of courage that has been dormant within me and it is on the brink of bloom. I have no idea what 2007 is going to be made up of. But what I do know is my state of mind is important. I have to be positive, extend love, know that each day will hold a new lesson, take everything with a grain of salt, laugh, embrace each moment in the moment, the list goes on.
I have been blessed by friends this year that are uplifting. I have learned lessons from these friends and I hold them dearly in my heart. Opening my mind and heart to them, to anyone, isn't the easiest for me but I now know that life isn't about hiding from the world but about being drenched in every facet of life...the good, the bad, they are polar opposites for a reason and the inbetween is where love resides.
I welcome 2007 with open arms.
"Follow your bliss." -Joseph Campbell
2006 was a year of change. A year that upon reflection may have been viewed as being next to disaster had I not learned so much. It was a definite journey through the 'dark night of my soul'. But even darkness holds beauty. I will forever remember it as a year of the beginning of the rest of my life. My mind was opened up to so many new things. It was a foundational year.
As 2007 comes into view I look upon it with a hopeful heart. I can feel the beginning of changes. Changes for the better inside and outside of myself. I have a seed of courage that has been dormant within me and it is on the brink of bloom. I have no idea what 2007 is going to be made up of. But what I do know is my state of mind is important. I have to be positive, extend love, know that each day will hold a new lesson, take everything with a grain of salt, laugh, embrace each moment in the moment, the list goes on.
I have been blessed by friends this year that are uplifting. I have learned lessons from these friends and I hold them dearly in my heart. Opening my mind and heart to them, to anyone, isn't the easiest for me but I now know that life isn't about hiding from the world but about being drenched in every facet of life...the good, the bad, they are polar opposites for a reason and the inbetween is where love resides.
I welcome 2007 with open arms.
"Follow your bliss." -Joseph Campbell
posted by elocin at 12/25/2006 11:51:00 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Nicole, It is now August 1st, 2007, long past your last post...if you read this, be sure to ask me how I got here!
Hope you are having fun rollin' on the river...duh,duh,duh,duh,duh,duh,dah! I miss you and I love you!
Auntie P
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