I M Perfect lady

Often I hear the sentiment – "I am so happy this year is about over….and I certainly hope next year is better."  

It is like they believe the calendar is the problem.  That a lineup of 365 days are going to deliver to you a better year.  That you can just sit back and wait for 'good things' to come.

I am not sure if this same group of people make resolutions or set goals and ponder new accomplishments.  It just feels like they are absent from the equation of whether it will be a better year than the one they are completing.

In my life, for the past many years, the end of a year and the beginning of the next don't hold expectations from me.

Mostly, my life almost feels absent of years.  

The days and passing of years are not what make my life.

My life is made up of moments and new experiences, lessons learned and even the exiting of friends/family…and my personal growth in so many areas.  

The overall picture or tapestry isn't in lines of years.  

It is more in fun moments or huge accomplishments.

As this year ends in a few days…I can look back over my shoulder and see the highlights and feel moments of great joy, fun, new experiences, new friends and deeper relationships and relationships that ended.  All of them have added character to me.

Time put into a string of 365 days is a way to keep track of time.  It isn't there to deliver you happiness.

It isn't going to bring us anything; we don't first put the effort into.

We are the ones who will be dancing upon each day.

What will you be doing?

Who will you be doing it with?

What plans are you making?

Are there new things you want to try?

Is there old things you want to do more of?

It isn't whether we will have a New year; but rather a NEW you?

Will you repeat old choices and expect a different outcome?  

Or are you willing to let go of your old ways to find a new you at the end of this new year?

I love that a few things made my highlights list…are new for me.

Wearing a Tutu 

Getting a tattoo 

Walking 14 miles in one stretch

Being a new Grandma (and I didn't have to do anything for that one)

Giving a talk at Michigan Tech 

Entered a piece of Art for local showcase and got chosen

Entered into a juried Art show and got in

Painted in a class with Art and Mead

Jumped in the water with wedding clothes on

Reached out to an old friend after 30 plus years

Went silent in a relationship…upon request.

To name a few…

Who I am today; a year later with all these new experiences, is a more colorful me. Yet me.

Me with 365 more days gone by…in which some days held really fun moments.

So, my view of the upcoming year is to dare for more experiences I haven't done before AND more of what I love…and do already.

And to be open to all truths in all my relationships.  Dare to be me; always.

Don't expect the year to change you…it can't.

The days pass by from morning to night…it is up to you what you do with your time.

What you say yes to.

How you move and what you do.

I hope when you look back at your string of 365 days you too see some really awesome highlights!

I will be on the lookout for new things, I will dare to try.
I'm excited to see what fun I have next year…what moments will be strung together behind me.  With a few days to go….will one of them make my highlight list?