New doors to open, new paths to follow, new traditions to find. 2020. As my eye doctor said, there will be many jokes this year about 20/20. 2020 will also be a good year for reflection and choosing to do one good thing.
When we lived in Tokyo, I adopted the tradition of new year clean-up. The truth though: I am still cleaning up from last year. The value of cleaning up still sticks with me even though the spaces I clear get cluttered almost as fast as I tidy them up.
Just as this serene image of the boulder and calm waters lets my mind wander through the stillness, I know that after I take the decorations down, I clear my desk of leftover projects, and I sort through closets the emptiness remaining will open new space to think and create.
So today I'm trying to pack away, throw away, give away anything I can. I resisted for today the urge to start on a new project. I write down the idea so that I can come back to it later, and remember to take one step at a time. I think about the phrases I have adopted as a yearly theme: Joy, Home, Layers, Time, Just Say Yes, and Letting Go. I begin to feel the wiggle of a phrase that has poked at me in the last couple of days. "Don't make anyone else's life more difficult." Something to remember as I choose and consider my own actions throughout the year. Something I wish the leaders of our country will consider too.
Happy New Year, Martha! Here's to much creativity in 2020.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Teresa. I agree. Being open to creativity makes a good year.
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