“525,600 minutes. 525,600 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes.
How do you measure, measure a year?
In daylight? In sunsets? In midnights?
In cups of coffee?
In inches? In miles? In laughter and strife?
525,600 journeys to plan…525,600 minutes….
How do you measure
A year in the life?
How about love? Measure in love….
Remember the love. You know that love is a gift from up above.
Share love, give love, spread love.
Measure your life in love.”
Dear Universe,
I might be the happiest person in the world to know that 2011 is officially over and that a New Year has officially begun.
I can vividly recall the way I felt when I woke up last January 1st. Sad, depressed, angry, worried. I felt total and utter despair. I didn’t know how I could get up and face the day, never mind the entire year ahead.
But, despite my mopey state of being (hiding under the covers in bed crying), I stuck to my long held tradition. I made my list. The list where I write down what I want for the coming year—goals, accomplishments, hopes, basically whatever comes to mind. Most were serious, some were lighter and infused with humor. Then I sealed it knowing I wouldn’t open it again until it was 2012.
I remembered a few of the things I wrote on the list; they were constantly floating over my head like a dark cloud for most of the year, but other than that the list was a surprise to me this morning. I was happy to see that in a weird way I had written my life. Things that seemed impossible somehow came to be.
I sat contemplating how I had accomplished those things—mostly baby steps, patience, faith, hope and lots of love and support around me. And I smiled knowing that I didn’t have to rewrite a similar list for 2012. Nothing negative is spilling into the New Year. It really does feel like a clean slate.
So, I’m about to rip the 2011 list to shreds—actually I think I should keep it as a reminder of how far I’ve come—and I’m going to get a blank page and write whatever comes to mind for 2012 starting with…
Here’s to the best year yet. Thank you for pulling me through 2011.
Happy New Year,
A
