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Heartwings Love Notes 757 - A New Year, A New Beginning

Heartwings says, "Each and every day we are given a new beginning."

When I look out of my window in the morning after a fresh snowfall, the gleaming white expanse seems like a new beginning. The
crusty, trampled, slightly soiled snow beneath is hidden from sight. Everything looks fresh, ready to be inscribed with the present. A
new beginning is a blank sheet of paper, a bed newly made with clean sheets, the first breath of air I take when I walk out of my door.
A new beginning is a wonderful opportunity.

However, beneath the newly fallen snow are the remnants of the snows that fell days before. They lurk there like the mistakes, the
mishaps, the opportunities not taken and the regret for all that remains undone. A new beginning must also take into account what
has gone before. Mistakes and misses can be useful if I am willing to learn from them. If I am not, they remain like the old mounds of
snow banks--freshly covered but still obvious in any parking lot.

The old year now past holds both failures and successes. I need to take these into account as I do my rituals to begin the New Year.
What are my expectations? My resolutions, my hopes and dreams for the next twelve months to come. Realistically I must base
them partly on what has been as well as what I hope will be. The trick is not to limit myself by any failures nor be overly egotistical
about any successes.

I have always enjoyed my New Year's Day rituals. I try to do a little of whatever I hope to be doing for the next year: corresponding
with friends, calling family, writing a poem, cooking, and other activities that I enjoy. In addition I make two resolutions. Like most I
haven't always kept them. Still I keep hoping. My favorite activity on New Year's Day is to look back, to see how far I have come, and
to plan for the future. Each year brings its share of joys and sorrows, regrets and triumphs; I welcome them all.

May your New Year bring you joy as well as much for which to be grateful.

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Blessings and Best Regards,
Tasha Halpert

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