Last updated on December 31, 2024
Welcome New Year! I am glad you arrived. Many people were longing for you, hoping that things will be BETTER now than in 2024. Better in the sense of being NORMAL again, like before. Before, when? I can’t really say.
But for me, that doesn’t make sense. I think we are on a path to a DIFFERENT future.
Different?
We don’t know how different.
We don’t know what thoughts, challenges, and gifts you, dear 2025 have in store for us.
But I feel clearly, it’s to a large extent MY RESPONSIBILITY how I deal with it, what I make of it.
My decision!
My ability!
My thoughts!
My beliefs!
To shape my life the way I want it.
Life is a gift. A gift that cannot be taken for granted.
I decide how I feel and how I act. I know the framework that you, life, the universe, the god(s) give me – or I get to know it step by step and day by day – and I decide how I deal with it. Out of love for life, for myself, for my family and friends, and people I don’t know (yet).
I decide whether I follow the JOY or the FEAR and I act accordingly.
Therefore, I have decided now (again) to go with JOY!
To read books, listen to music, and have time for myself.
To enjoy the fresh air and nature as often as I can.
To continue productive collaboration with customers and students.
To consciously decide every day what I fill it with.
To never take love, partnership, and friendship for granted.
I choose LIFE.
With respect for all people and circumstances.
It’s my life.
Our lives.
My 2025!
I am looking forward to getting to know you, and am already grateful that you are here New Year!
We have 365 days to get to know each other!
Happy New Year!!
It snowed this morning… I can see it and go, “Ugh, all that shoveling and sliding in the car.” or I can look at how beautiful the trees are. The trees win this morning. A beautiful day of winter white! Enjoy your different year!
I am glad you looked at the trees.
Happy New Year! Let’s hope for a joyful year.
Aww, although I’m not here often, I think of you! What a great letter to 2025! I’m with you on these! Many blessings and Happy New Year!
Well said, Bridget. 🙂
Best wishes for a joyous New Year 🌹
Buon anno nuovo
Grazie di cuore 💖
You have the perfect attitude. It is up to us how we deal with 2025!! Like you I choose to live life and not let things, events, people etc get me down. (well not for long anyway!) I woke up to a rainbow outside my front door this morning. That has got to be a good sign. All the best for 2025!!
I am trying to keep my sanity intact, somehow. Attitude works like self-defenses now 🙂
Happy New Year
Just how did we get to a quarter of the way through the 21st century (depending on whether we start from year 0 or year 1) Have a good one, a healthy one, a successful one, and a satisfying one.
You are spot on. The year 2000 wasn’t so long ago, wasn’t it? I remember myself being in bed as a child. I couldn’t sleep and I looked at the wall calendar. For simple entertainment I added the years and wondered how old I would be in the year 2000. I was probably 10 or 12 then, and being 36 at the start of a new millennium seemed very, very old. 🙂
Wish you a very happy New Year! 💐
Wishing you a happy and healthy New Year!