First Day of the New Year

I woke this morning to the luxury of my own biological clock.  No alarm.  I am blessed with a gentle beginning to 2013, not having to work today or tomorrow.  I have a lot to be grateful for at the beginning of 2013.  I am married, have three adult children, two dogs, and a wonderful home.  I know that I often forget to spend enough time enjoying the things I am blessed with.  Not a theological statement, just luck and the normal busyness of daily life.

For the new year I hope to eat at least 5 different fruits and vegetables each day.  I hope to finish projects I have started in 2012, like putting maps on my office walls.  I hope to continue to attend Cancer Fit at the local Wellness Center ( I am a survivor of stage 2B cervical cancer, and yes I had regular pap smears that did not detect it.)  I hope to sell my old house this year.  I hope to weigh less at the end of the year than I do today.  (270 on my home scale, down from a personal record of 335.)  I hope to do more creative projects.  I hope to learn new things about myself and my view religion from attending Sunday morning religious education classes and from reading.  I hope to be able to share some of what I have learned over the years about life with you, the reader of my blog.

I love New Years Day.  Like a newborn baby it is rich with promise, new and unspoiled.  But unlike the newborn, we get to approach it with wisdom from the years we have lived before.  Each new year is a chance to begin fresh, with bright eyes and eager spirits.  We get to create goals for ourselves, make changes as we see fit.  I want a more meaningful year, a year richer in substance than the last.  I want to keep my life energized.  I invite the promise of this year to bring me joy and surprises.  I want to be present in more moments, loose less time on auto pilot.  I want to get better at letting go of the garbage in my life.  

Having been just interrupted in train of thought by my husband booing my post, I will just say don't waste your time reading it if you don't want to read it!  I am hopeful that as I make progress with blogging that I will learn to write in a way that conveys my thoughts without boring you.