"We spend January 1 walking through
our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to
be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk
through the rooms of our lives...not looking for flaws, but for
potential."
- Ellen Goodman
- Ellen Goodman
Anyone
who knows me well will tell you I don't do birthdays (mine anyway) and I
never ever do New Year's! Sure, I will wish one and all the happiest
and healthiest for the coming year, but to celebrate that another year
of my life has zipped by--nope! You can find me in my bunny slippers by
8pm with a book and a favorite old movie on New Year's Eve- just
another night. So it goes without saying that I do not do resolutions
either... but I do do Lists-lots and lots and lots of lists. As a
hopeless romantic and dreamer lists are a way to keep it all organized
and even though on my 14 for 14 List there are plenty of wishes and
dreams there are also the things that must be done--how did strolling
through the Tuileries and sailing Santorini get in there??
T.S.
Eliot wrote that to "...make an end is to make a beginning." I do believe
in beginnings and that does mean closing some doors-often big heavy ones
that have been left open too long. This is scary and overwhelming to think about doing so I plan to
kick those doors shut a little at a time...and who knows where the new doors marked beginnings may go.
I certainly know the doors to close and I think I know the doors I want
opened in the New Year... but forcing them may not be the best plan. So I
have a better plan-
Que Sera Sera!!
Planning is good but I left lots of room for "What Will Be Will Be"--Thank you Doris Day for that!! Lists are all well in good and they can indeed provide direction and a path for planning... but how important is it to always be open to the surprises, be welcoming of the unexpected--this is why I always wear mascara even to pick up the mail--ya just never know!!
So onward -bright shiny new calendars, clean desks, new notebooks, perhaps a pair of new shoes or a new bag...not an organized closet yet though-but that is why there is January!...
and let's see what will be!!!
May all your lists, wishes, dreams, hopes, promises and beginnings be realized and may the unexpected and the surprises bring you joy in the New Year!
Rene Gruau via
14 for 14
1. Breathe! : Always a good plan and often we are so busy juggling just breathing falls off the things to do!
2. Face It!: Deal with it-the face looking back at me in the mirror each morning isn't 12 years old anymore-Hello moisturizers!
3. Bloom Where You are Planted: Take a look around you,if you don't like the place get up and move or paint the wall!
4. Count to 10: There are at least 10 things that are good and worth counting!
5. Don't leave home without your Passport: Santorini, Bellagio, Istanbul, St Petersburg await my arrival-let's pack!
6. K1 row: 1 row a day... that's all we ask-OK who can stop at just one row!
7. Pages-Turn Them!: Sure a kindle is nice but give me a a real page to turn and while I am at it--turn a few life pages too!
8. Spacing Out: Clear a path, unclutter the room and the mind will follow!!
9. On My Toes: Just Move! Most of us spend our days seated on our seats and those seats need to stretch and move or they can become real pieces of furniture!
10. Color Your World!: Go Pink, or Orange or Yellow, or Tiffany Blue-It makes a difference!
11. Change the Channel: If you don't like what's playing in your world, click! Be your own producer!
12. Don't Sit on the Sidelines-Care!- The world is so often sad and scary - Stop and help where you can!
13. Doris was Right!...Que Sera Sera...
14. What Will Be Will Be!!
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."- T.S. Eliot
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."- T.S. Eliot
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