Forward, without hesitation

So this is what 2006 looks like. Funny, it's pretty similar to 2005... :) And yet, not.

Although sleeping on a couch is not conducive to starting the year fully-rested (dad stayed over and used my bed), there is this feeling that time is fresh and clean, open to whatever we wish to write on the pages of this segment of eternity. It's a time to reflect on the mini-steps that will take me closer to each goal I've set for the year ahead. Starting today.

Already I've been doing a bit of re-organization of our living space. There's a new fridge-freezer coming in from the neighbour's later this morning, the dishes are done and the washing is drying in yet another sweltering-hot day. I have completed one of the three articles due in 2 weeks, revised and polished - hopefully acceptable to the editor.

It's little steps on the journey. A journey I will not hesitate to travel this year. There is much to accomplish, much to look forward to. There will be hard times (funeral day after tomorrow, picking up roots here later in the year to move on, and other events we have yet to be blindsided by). There will be good times too. I aim to live both of these fully, immersing myself in the experiences each will bring, letting them seep into my soul and change me as they must.

So today I go forward, without hesitation. Looking to the future, shaking off the clinging past, building and becoming.

I wish ME a happy new year....