Up, Up and Away....

January 1, 2017 will be a wonderful beginning to a New Year...we can depend upon it...plan on it...respond to it...take it (the new money) to the bank...relax in it...have no fear of it...grasp it's opportunities...look for answers to what appeared in 2016 to be unanswered prayers...and find the answers!...ask God for more than we ever have before...and, with abandon, just enjoy the year!  At least this is my chosen path.

Have you chosen your theme for the year? JOY was mine for 2016, though I failed to be joyful sometimes...but it was a good reminder....looking for 2017's theme now. 

One of the first words to come to my mind was 'abide'.  To stay put; to be unshakable or unmoveable.  Not in the sense of being paralyzed; but to be on the move with motive and method in pursuit of great things!  And so, should I choose this word, I'll be accepting a challenge that this lady really needs!  This winter is a real challenge and has been an emotional roller coaster.  That, indeed, needs to stop and all the beauty and happiness of life needs to be the focus. Since I posted on my FB page, I won't repeat here the details of going through a really rough period of depression this winter...it is coming to a close...I can feel the 'normalcy' setting in again and how many ways could I say "Thank God!"   This battle was a long, hard one.

a b i d e..... hold to, stand by, accept, act in accordance with, acknowledge respect for

I'm thinking the word, 'accept', might be the word that I'm most attaching to as I think of 'abiding' through my coming year.  

There are so many things we all need to accept:  our present circumstances, our potential to become more than we ever dreamed possible, all the things and people we can't change or mold our way.  Releasing them to just be themselves.

Life is so new to me right now.  I live in a house for sale, so all my familiar things are in storage... it's like living in an empty snow globe.  All the glitter of life removed so someone else can 'see' and imagine their own glitter as they walk through.  Most of the flaws have been removed and any new ones are met with glaring disdain...how real is that?!  And CLEAN...gosh, who lives like this?!  Can personhood be compared?

Many of my relationships and friendships are new or 'old-new' as in friends I've not seen in 50 years.  That's lots of fun, but a lot to deal with too...the emotion of memories of meeting my husband in college; the second marriage that was a mistake; and moving on.

Oh, how wonderful 'moving on' is when you once get your balance again!  For some reason, I awoke this morning with the internal and physical awareness that I'm about well again...of course I'll keep taking a little medicine to keep it up for a while.  But the big bad winter of '16 did not destroy me and the New Year is packed with possibilities!  It's been over 28 years since I was hit this hard by illness.  Maybe I'll not live long enough for another...LOL!

So, back to my pleasant, seemingly happy, positive personhood.  Some folks will be really glad to have me back!  

What does the new year hold?  A lot of decisions, focus or confusion, planning, happiness, questions, new places/people/things, learning, exploring...

But if I commit to the theme of 'abiding', there will be little opportunity for roller-coaster rides or fear.  Promises will be kept and the lessons of JOY from 2016 will come more alive and ever present.  Wow!  That's worth commiting to!

I think it's been nearly 30 years since I began choosing a theme for my new years...back when I was more religious, I also chose a hymn for the year, as well as a scripture.  The years I did this were better than the ones that began with just hard-to-keep resolutions.  A focus is better than a sideways glance.  

Well, though I am so very happy and feeling so much myself as I write this morning, I am aware that I am not presently in a state of actual inspiration...so this post is what it is...just my thoughts.  I think that's all I promised you when I defined this blog anyway.

Maybe something here is meaningful to someone out there.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  (Give it all you got!)