Since none of us possess the ability to stop time, we are compelled to welcome 2013 with or without any new (or previous) resolutions. If truth be told, I have always avoided making any New Year pledges for fear of failure and the noted disappointment that would haunt me.
Knowing the resolutions Graci, my Bestie, and others have declared for 2013, as well as completely mindful of the previous year and every single thing it encompassed, I have decided to embrace a word for my New Year.
NOW! The word itself renders immediate awareness and consideration. Life truly can be both brutal and beautiful. I read once that life is about how to use what you got. If you need to start over again, then NOW represents finding strength to begin once more on a new path. NOW does not allow you to stumble over something that is behind you. NOW represents being effective while getting out in front of life and getting beyond what is holding you back.
I wish for NOW to feed my inner fool. Good friends, good music, good art, good food, good books, good rest!
"I must learn to love the fool in me-the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of my human aliveness, humility, and dignity, but for my fool." Theodore Isaac Rubin
"But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise,..." 1 Cor 1:27
NOW and My Inner Fool!
I want to dance like Dee O'B!
