I have been thinking a lot about this year ahead. Usually, January feels a bit hollow to me. It is generally cold, often grey, and with my favorite holidays behind us, it is the dull that tags me. I can shake it with thoughts of all that lays ahead. This year feels especially hopeful. We have new family members joining us (including my first niece) and hopes that the steps toward balance we took in 2010 were light on the earth, yet strong enough to propel us closer to our dreams.
I am approaching this year with a word and a credo.
My word this year is nourish.
I hope to nourish my family and myself through food, nature, creativity, love, rest, and activity.
I want to make things more personal in my own life. Compliment more; listen more because I interrupt less; express my love and appreciation more; send more letters; tell people when I am thinking of them; accept myself as I am; complain less (because I let go!); do the things that most give me pleasure; give of myself and my time to others; and take care of myself.
As a family, I hope that we continue to grow together, lean on each other, trust each other, be patient with each other, teach and learn from each other, and love each other.
Now is that too much to hope for?
Happy New Year!
(Oh, the photos are from our family New Year's Eve sushi-making 'party.')
