Happy New Year

Interestingly, there is always a lot of talk
at the New Year
about "new beginnings" and "resolutions".

Were people that much out of control over their lives?

And why would they think they had suddenly acquired
the control they didn’t have earlier?

If you are considering making resolutions. . . .

What is causing the desire of new beginnings?

Why do you want to go in a new direction?

Perhaps. . . .
life's situations may have changed recently,
providing the insight (epiphany) that they have brought
- the opportunity for beginning new endings.

This would provide a cause for new resolutions
- a new direction.

Perhaps you are going to try to answer
those questions in the coming days.

What is it that is drawing you towards change?

Not everyone feels this drawing.
Some feel only the continuation of the mundane.
That feeling of
"here we are again."

If you find yourself there
do not worry.
Ask questions like:
does anything need to change?

Am I at peace with my life
and who I am?

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Credits:
[1] ~Saint Thomas Becket (Appleseeds)
[2] - from Recipe For A Happy New Year ~Author Unknown
[3] ~Maria Robinson
[4] ~from Auld Lang Syne
Music: So This Is Christmas

Wishing you and yours
Deep Peace of the Shining Stars,
now and always,
and a blessed,
fulfilling,
and Happy New Year.
Klaas+

Nobody can go back
and start a new beginning,

but anyone can start today
and make a new ending. [3]

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Today is the first day of January,
the month named after the Roman
androgynous god Janus-Jana:
ruler of gates and doors (ianua),

beginnings and endings,
sunset and sunrise,
and hence represented
with a double-faced head,
each looking in opposite directions;
one forward, one backward.

The wheel of the year has made another full turn,
the cycle continues and a new rotation begins.

Welcoming the new year
is one of the oldest and joyous customs
celebrated the world over.

New Year's Day
is a time for entertaining,
and visiting,
family and friends,
a time of reunion
and thanksgiving,

and in many places,
gift-giving.

It is a time to reflect on the past
and envision a future,
perhaps,
in a world where people live together
in harmony.

S/he was considered especially important at the beginnings
of important events in a person's life.
Janus-Jana also represents
the transition
between primitive life and civilization,
between the countryside and the city,
peace and war,
and the growing-up of young people.

The symbolic image of Janus/Jana is androgynous,
because the masculine and feminine energies and qualities
are in complete balance and harmony,
and their respective attributes
makes the head of Janus-Jana crowned.

This shows us that their dual nature unites
at the mind level and becomes
one complete new being.

In total contrast, in northern Europe
January was originally called
Wulfmonath (Wolf month)

May God make your year a happy one!

Not by shielding you from all sorrows and pain,
But by strengthening you to bear it, as it comes;

Not by making your path easy,
But by making you sturdy to travel any path;

Not by taking hardships from you,
But by taking fear from your heart;

Not by granting you unbroken sunshine,
But by keeping your face bright,
even in the shadows;

Not by making your life always pleasant,
But by showing you when people
and their causes need you most,

and by making you anxious
to be there to help.

God’s love, peace, hope and joy
to you for the year ahead. [1]

To leave the old with a burst of song
To recall the right and forgive the wrong;
To forget the thing that binds you fast
To the unknown task of the year that's new;
To help your brother along the road
To add your gift to the world's good cheer,
Is to have and to give a Happy New Year. [2]

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,

And here's a hand, my trusty friend
And gie's a hand o' thine
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne [4]

Whether you are experiencing new
beginnings or mundane continuum,

my wish for you in this new turn of the wheel
is that you may be at peace,

and have Light and Love
on your life journey.

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