525,600 Minutes

Angie Gratitude, Hope, London, Love, Peace

“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

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