I made a promise to myself a few months back that, as we were nearing the end of yet another year, I wouldn't reflect in the same way I have spent so many years' ends before. Of course, I would look back in some way. We all do. I'm only human.
When it gets easier to look back at the things that didn't happen, the jobs we didn't get, the dates we didn't go on, the person we didn't kiss, the person we kissed for the last time, or the one we watched kiss another, I think we're forgetting just how easy it is to accept the natural changes that happen as Winters shift to Springs....shift to Summers...shift to Autumns.
I am amazingly thankful for the spirit of the friends, family and situations that have surrounded me in the past year. I don't know if I say, or have said, "Thank you" enough. And actually saying it now, I think I could never say it enough. When people ask me to say something nice about myself, it seems vain and I oftentimes shy away, but I do have this to say; I pride myself on my ability to surround myself by people who's inner light and beauty shine so brightly that I can't help but walk towards it and embrace it with all of my might. I hold them and that light closely and I never want to be away from them, or watch that light go out.
There are people who choose to reside in melancholy. It is said that misery loves company, but I try to never visit that house. Like speaks to like.
I am taking this new year and using the light that shines from my friends to build whatever type of year I want. I hope it is one of success. I hope it is one of emotional profit and growth. I hope it is one of sharing and creating art. And to say it again, unheard or not, "Thank you".
