New year

 

Doesn't the new year feel very cathartic? I think it's partly because the decorations come down and everywhere looks cleansed and fresh. A new year has such potential, new beginnings, feeling like anything is possible, even resolutions - that's why we make them. A new start and we are strong! Bring it on 2022, I'm ready for anything you throw at me.

Of course this feeling doesn't last! By the middle of January the cold weather and dark nights have beaten us down. We get used to writing 2022 instead of 2021 and the novelty has worn off. Any resolutions have been long forgotten and normal life has resumed. Nothing has changed and that dynamic excitement has fallen flat on its face. But that's ok.

Remember we have had the shortest day so the nights are getting shorter. We may still have lots of cold and miserable weather ahead but spring is just around the corner. By March (only a few weeks away) things will be better.

Besides if there are issues in your life that you want and can change, then change them. It doesn't need a new year for that.

Of course some things can't be changed. For me that's my gorgeous fur baby. Libby is doing well but her tumour is so big and very much protruding from her bottom. She seems very aware of it though I don't think it hurts. I know her days are limited and I have no words to describe how I feel. Devastated is one and impotent is another. I desperately don't want her to die but I can't stop it. It's breaking my heart. All I can do is love her and spoil her every day. She is amazing. Unfortunately my friends dog is poorly at the moment and she is feeling exactly like me. It's shit! But to everyone who has a dog, go and give them a big cuddle! 

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.