This crystal ball of melting ice is somehow enchanting. Perhaps it is its simple beauty or perhaps because it holds the paradox of fire and ice.
Especially now, at the edge of a New Year, I am put in a reflective mood when I watch a tea light shimmer and dance within. I am not one to make resolutions, but I do think back on the year past, where I’ve been, how things have changed, how things have not. What I hope for.
I do believe our past has created who we are, but paradoxically, that we can also change this instant. It may be a challenge, or if we get our minds in the right place, it may be simpler than we could ever imagine. Sometimes we have to want something enough – or not want something enough – to change. How wonderful to have a dream, a vision, to guide us. We can create that. How wonderful to acknowledge that light that grows from within where we always know who and what we truly are and can be.
As another New Year dawns upon us, I encourage you to find your light and shine brightly. If we all glow together, surely this will be a better world for each and every one of us.
Happy New Year.
Wishing you a light-filled year Jeanne 🙂
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Thank you, Andrea, and the same to you. Let’s shine on.
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Happy new year, and here’s to glowing and growing together.
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I second – and third! – that, Cynthia. Cheers!
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That is a beautiful photo, Jeanne, and I love the expression of your hope for the new year. May 2017 be gentle and kind, and bring light and love to all.
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Thanks so much. I’m actually about to get a candle going in one right now. No doubt, you are a bringer of light. Here’s to us all.
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Beautiful. Photo and thoughts.
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Thank you. Here’s to a great New (and accident free!) Year for you and your family 🙂
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