“The business of life is the acquisition of memories.” Downton Abbey, S4E4
In my opinion, this idea that a new year begins, and thus we have a chance to start over is bullshit…. If you screwed up up until Dec. 31, there’s nothing that will change it – or erase it – just because a new year begins.
With that said, what the new year CAN bring is the strength to breath in, breath out, and finally face up to our mistakes and challenges like real people.
Nothing will miraculously change because the calender did. However, YOU can change where your life is going. You can decide which and how you want to create the memories that you will look back at in the future.
It doesn’t have to be today, tomorrow or in January. Every day, of every year is a new opportunity to create memories, and to choose. So my hope and advice is…. choose wisely. Don’t choose for convenience or conformity. Choose for you, choose YOU. Don’t let anyone, or anything take away your freedom to choose and decide what you want. No matter the consequences, owning up to our decisions is the only way to be true to ourselves. And that is what will matter 30 years from now.
And with that thought, I would like to welcome you all to a new day! Enjoy it… live it!