The first photo, to me, represents the warmth of the memories that were created in 2011. The second photo, with its crisp cool colors and light breaking through, gives me a sense of hope and newness for the new year. They are two very different images, even though they were taken in the same place only a day apart. To me they are a perfect visual interpretation to the closing of one year and the start of a new year. We have the warmth and the deep rich colors of our memories, both good and not-so-good moments, from the past year. Memories that were filled with laughter, tears, joy, sorrow, peace, hardship, and so much more. Then, at the start of a new year we tend to be filled with crisp, new feelings of hope and what lays ahead of us.
In past years I have been religious about making my list of New Year's Resolutions. However, I honestly end up not completing most of them. This is not for lack of trying. It simply is. Life happens. Life is constantly changing and we adapt and change along with it. So, this year I didn't make any specific resolutions. I simply promised myself that I was going to strive to live the best life I can. Day by day. Moment by moment. I want to live in the moment and not worry so much about the past or the future. This could be hard for me as, those that know me can attest, I tend to get worked up over even the smallest of things and I absolutely am almost always terrified of huge changes. Yet, this year I will try to be better at living in the moment. I want to live more simply. I will try to find some balance between "me" time, family time, friends, chores, and everything else that life throws my way. I will enjoy each day and on those days that are a bit more testing, I will look for the lessons that can be learned. I simply want to go with the flow of life this year. I will breath in and I will breath out.
I started my 2012 journaling on January 1, 2012. I am not a daily journal writer, but I do make an entry about once a week. My first entry for 2012 was not a typical journal entry. It was however, a series of words sprawled randomly across the page. Each word written differently. Each word representing something I hoped would be a large part of my life. The words were......"Simplicity, Family, Peace, Happiness, Rejuvenate, Organize, Joy, Chances, Friends, Love, Balance, Hope, Creativity, Trust, Laughter, Explore, Health, Faith, Dreams, Forgiveness, Memories, Learn, Blessings, Sharing, Respect, Journey, and Patience. While writing these words, I came to realize that I wasn't simply writing them for the year 2012. I was writing them for my day to day life. Each day is a gift, each and every moment with my children and husband is a blessing. Each day, each moment is a new beginning. So each moment I will strive to be in the moment fully as I breath in and I breath out.
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