So…Christmas 2009. I approached it dancing in an endless string of parties and when it finally arrived, I sighed with relief. Christmas itself was quiet. Very quiet indeed. Which was a good thing, as by 24th I already started to feel slightly overwhelmed with activities. I’m grateful for the opportunity to sleep till the midday on a Christmas day, to welcome my son who arrived later afternoon and to have some quality time with him. Nothing to be stressed about, nowhere to rush to, no compulsory seasonal holiday obligations. Just Kid and Me. A nice meal and a quiet evening with tv entertaining itself on a background, with a Christmas tree twinkling lights and absolutely nothing to worry about. It was soooo good.
Next day spent in servicing the car, getting ready for a trip tomorrow, then packing. For tomorrow we are off the Madeira. That’s where I choose to celebrate New Year this time. It’s an island of eternal spring they say. Well, at least it’s a place with temperatures around 20C this time of year, with mountains covered in lush greenery, with exotic flowers in bloom and with ocean at your feet. Sounds like a Paradise, eh? It will be good, I’m sure. A good opening for the next chapter. A perfect beginning of 2010, starting under the thousand stars. Dare to make a thousand wishes! (well, they say Madeira’s New Year firework is in the Guinness Record Book for being the biggest in the world, so there should be no shortage of falling stars indeed)
I have already said all I had to say about my year 2009. It was not the best, but better then the one before. And there is no reason why the next one shouldn’t be better then this one. It is all uphill from here, because this is what I choose it to be. I listened to the Christmas Message from Richard Bandler. He said in new year…lighten up. We have no way to know about the future, so worrying about it seems to be like wasting time. Spend the time dreaming of the nice things instead.
I know being positive about future is not easy, especially when one faces daily challenges, inevitable in anyone’s life. But I think it is important to remember to get back on the track of being positive every time after we fall off this track to deal with one or another issue. Nobody has to stay negative, depressed all the time. Let’s allow us to accept that we can feel down sometimes, that we can shed a tear and be tired tangled up in the reality of our days. But equally from time to time we can feel happy, we can smile and even laugh and from time to time we can have these precious moments of carefree wonder. All we have to do is to allow us to experience them fully as they come our way. My wish for everyone for the New Year - let the good things into your life, if only for a brief moment or two. Don’t stay in a dark too long, or you’ll miss all the wonders of a light. Accept that even you can be happy!
~Happy New Year to all of my wonderful friends!~