2015

Happy New Year to all- new beginnings, new endings, new continuinings, new opportunities for growth. 

I hope we laugh, but I also hope we cry. 

In fact, I hope we allow ourselves to feel a great deal- a range of emotions without a moment of this precious life to waste.

Life is not a dress rehearsal.

I hope we take that chance, throw caution to the wind, love someone we thought we couldn't, accept that family member long-estranged, stand for ourselves, others, and what we believe in all times all things and all places.

I hope we find answers.

And where answers can't yet be found I hope we find the power of hope and continue to seek, even when the ambiguous darkness of life's ebs weighs heavily on our souls. 

I hope we remember that darkness can't drive out darkness, only light can. 

And with that knowledge may we construct beacons of light in our hearts and our eyes.

Other hearts and eyes will naturally reflect.

May the earth become a prism of empathy.

Full hearts, bright eyes, may we press forward with great purpose.

However, may we never focus on pressing forward so much so that we lose sight of the divine, present moment:

Eternity is now.