Thursday, December 31, 2009

New Year's Eve, 2009






Ahhhhhh... here it is...the end of the year at last. I was feeling pretty good about it until some buttwipe sent me a horoscope overview for 2010 that said this year would be full of travails and opportunities to show everyone how well I can weather hardship...not exactly the glittery new year I was hoping for, lol.


My first thought for the new year is to start the rewrite on my novel. I haven't touched it since the end of November, when NaNo was over. I think it's a good start for a read, and don't want to just let it fall by the wayside. So it's a matter of developing the discipline that I KNOW can be there (I finished, didn't I ??) and setting a routine to make it happen. Nothing overly worldly about that. Even a resolution breaker like me should be able to manage.

My second thought for the new year is to stop thinking about the New Year. LMAO...


Another 365 days of living in the moment, of staying present in my life. No matter what, no matter how. One Day At A Time has saved me over and again, and continues to be the single biggest gift of my sobriety. I have to gather up the blessings of my life and look them over on a regular basis. Especially this time of year. It's a powerful time of year for Capricorns like myself, born at the tail end of this string of holidays. As always, the pendulum can swing either way. It can be depressing or it can be joyful, and either way, it is my choice. Generally I land in the middle of it all. Some days are good and some days are less so. In the end, I make it through and land on my birthday with a sigh...grateful to have made it through another year and to be beginning yet another adventure. So here we are, leaving 2009 and entering 2010, and with a blue moon to top it off. That is grand. A blue moon, as most of you know, is when we have 2 full moons in a month. I stood out in the backyard last night listening to the snow and ice in the trees...the sky was clear and brutally cold, the silence was deafening. The moon was brilliant. It was amazing. In the far distance I could hear coyotes howling and yipping faintly. The chickens were snuggled in their coop, the local dogs were all snuggled in somewhere too. And it was beautifully quiet, with the sounds of cracking branches and snow falling through the tree limbs every now and then. I stayed and listened until I couldn't take it anymore and then came back in and made a cup of tea. I was in bed before midnight for a change.


The blessings I would send along on this last day of the year are hopes for abundance and prosperity for us all, however we happen to define those things, Blessings of peace in our homes and our hearts, and blessings of love and hope in the coming new year.


And so it is.





Namaste.

34 comments:

One Prayer Girl said...

I can't think of anyone outside my immediate family I would rather walk into this New Year with.

God bless and I believe many blessings are coming your way in 2010.

PG

Andrew said...

Health, Happiness and Prosperity for us all, everyone.

Happy New Year, with much Love.

Kathy M. said...

I love the image of you in the backyard. Very lovely. Very peaceful. My daughter is also a Capricorn (day after Christmas). Good luck on your novel. Happy New Year.

Enchanted Oak said...

I love picturing you in the frosty silence listening to the moon on the white carpet of snow.
May joy attend you this coming year, more joy than sorrow, and always hope.

Unknown said...

Oh to be there with you to hear the quiet and stillness. Happy New Year to you Annie...I hope for you all the love you have shared and all the peace you have given...

much much love

xoxoxoxo gabi

Jess Mistress of Mischief said...

Oh the beautiful stillness and serenity you just described is wonderful to start the new year off with!

Many many blessings to you this new year!

And much love!

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