A new calendar for the new year has taken its place on the wall and a new month of the new year is already at its end.........
where does the time manage to go?.....I wonder. I look back on the old year with gratitude and with many wonderful memories....what fun this past year brought to us!
Already this new year for many, has started with tragic happenings and so much uncertainty. So many have lost their homes, their lives, their way of life, and happiness in the fires in California, so many are under a heavy blanket of harsh winter weather on the other side of the nation. So many are trying to find hope starting a new year while still recovering from tragic loss of last year. Then there are those who are unknown, who are facing their own personal crisis and uncertainty.
For all of you.....I extend my prayers and good wishes.
Winter , here, has been dry, very dry......too dry with days of sun, and nights with extreme cold, and then days of pleasant sun and warmth with nights not so frigid. The trees in the woods are all grey and bare with their limbs twisting and reaching up to the sky,
yet the prickly pear cactus......never withering, never succumbing to any kind of weather... my constant foe in land battle, is standing green and strong.
As for resolutions.....I choose not to have them these days. There are things...... the same things that I must do....many from last year in waiting....things that I hope to do to make things better along the grounds and to make things better in my life. When it comes to the outside work that needs to be done, it seems that I can work and work for weeks to get it done and the minute I turn my back, it returns to being wild again. I like to think it is Mother Nature reminding me of where I live and that I am only a steward living here. I guess if I were to label anything from the list of things I need to do......I would like to call them "accomplishments" for if I am to ever get them completely finished.......that would certainly be an accomplishment!
I personally start this year with gratitude and contentment, with a hope of peace to stay with us throughout each day that comes.
So tell me........do you have resolutions? Do you have hopes or plans? I would love to hear.
Here's wishing you days full of what you are hoping for!
9 comments:
Such great thoughts about the start of the year! So fun to see the cactus pictures. It has been snowy here this month. I have been wanting to put in a privacy fence but have to wait for it to all melt a little bit. Jealous of your warmer weather!
Hi Kathleen, resolutions I no longer make, except possibly in my mind, nver written down. Those may include some of the "usual" ones to eat healthier, lose weight, exercise more. It's not that I am notoriously bad at any, but not especially good at some - weight loss, the worst one.Like yourself, I am thankful for many things like health and the fact that my life is relatively calm. Watching the scenes of fire devastation was difficult, and seeing the firefighters struggle to save homes was sad indeed. And, of course, there is so much unrest in many parts of the world. I am grateful for much in 2025.
I am having a quiet year. Not much to say on my blog. Not much to say, except a few thiughts here and there, even amongst friends. I feel a general hush in the air, as if I am waiting for something. I am listening. Or should be. 🙂
I decided long ago that making resolutions was just a waste of time. I never kept them. I just try to make each day very important. Hey, maybe that's a resolution.
I dont do resolutions. This Winter has been a wild one for us...and still not over. January is almost over now, so looking forward to Spring and I have noticed the days are getting longer. Janice
I don't have any resolutions, but I start the morning with a cup of coffee and, in keeping with the weather, I try to do something good for myself. By doing this I gain the joy of being able to do this for others too.
The day you can make someone else smile is a good day for me.
No resolutions for me either...waste of time.
hugs
Donna
2024 certainly was a hard year for many people. I don't make resolutions any more either but, like Latane said, try to make each day important or special in some way, even if it's something small.
I can just imagine doing battle with those spiky Cacti. No small feat. I'm looking forward to Spring and all the flowers 🌷🌷🌷
Lovely post I try to start and end every day grateful. I have so much to be grateful for.
I want to work on meditating. I now have an eye issue that needs warm compression 10 min a day so it has forced me into meditating ,a good thing. And to try to stay off devices which is proving to be very hard for me. But I will keep at it making myself aware of time spent on them.
Cathy
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