Saying goodbye to the year that has passed has become a New Year's Eve ritual for me. There's something about the thought that a whole year has passed and that a new one lies on the doorstep, waiting for me to enter, that tends to make me nostalgic, makes me think back on all that has happened during the year. The good as well as the bad.
Bad things happen to all of us and we know that it's not what happened to us, but the way we handled it that matters. So, on the last day of each year, I page through those "bad" happenings one more time and then put that book away, relegated to the bottom shelf, right at the back!
I spend a bit more time thinking of all the "good" things that happened - the visits to my family, feeling grateful that we had another successful business year, being thankful for the bountiful rain we've had, thinking of the joy I felt every time I sold a painting and thanking the Universe that another year has passed with no serious health issues.
I therefore wish you a new year filled with wisdom - the wisdom to know how to accept all that has happened in your life and the wisdom to know when it is time to move on.
Langston Hughes said,
“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.”
