A Fresh Start

I love starting new things - a new project, a new day, a new month, and definitely a new year! For me, a new beginning, a clearing out of the old, starting over, starting fresh, and making room for new possibilities inspires me and encourages me to look forward to what is ahead in a way that is full of hope and anticipation. I think Christmas prepares us for this actually. The hope and anticipation of the holiday season creates a mindset and a readiness of good things - better things - to come that then, very quickly after, helps us welcome a new year in refreshed, ready and hopeful for a new beginning and a fresh start.

So, as an old year closes and a new one begins, I encourage you to take the opportunity to reflect on what has been (both the good and not so good), to realize the growth you have experienced regardless of how small or large that growth has been, and to remember the moments that were precious, and sweet, and meaningful. Reflecting and remembering can be difficult and sometimes even painful but it can also beautifully reveal determination, endurance, healing, and resilience which then readies us for that fresh start we all long for as the calendar page turns.

Here’s to a year ahead that is full of much hope and eager anticipation of all the new beginnings and fresh starts that are waiting for us and may we fully embrace each one bravely and wildly!

Happy New Year friends!
Michele