Happy New Year
Yesterday I went for a walk through some trails to sort out my thoughts and reflect on the past year. The windchill made the temperature feel like 1 degree and it was cold, so I walked quickly. But the stillness and beauty of this place frozen in winter was not lost on me. The stream, usually moving gently over the rocks and fallen trees, was frozen into a winter stillness. The thought came to me, that maybe the deep freezes of winter are natures way of telling us to stop and see the power and beauty in stillness in this present moment. As I walked I reflected on the past year and caught myself reflecting on the mistakes and the failures. As I caught myself yelling at myself again for the many stupid things I had done and mistakes I had made, I stopped and started focusing on the many things I am so grateful for. I had decided that this year that the best way for me to grow in 2018 is to leave my past, all of it back in 2017. I’ve carried the ...