My son asked me this morning “what are your wishes, your ideas on this New Year? Where do you want to go, what do you want to do or change?
But even before he asked the question, one of my first thoughts upon awaking this morning was I will get back to blogging.
I have not blogged for over a year: why? Who knows. But since it isn’t an obligation, let’s just say that life got in the way.
Now however, perhaps with the passing of the years, I find that instead of wanting to say “In with the New and out with the Old”, that although new is sometimes, perhaps even often, a positive, neglecting the old can be harmful.
So, no resolutions. I have never done New Year’s resolutions.
But rather, I would like to bring back more of the old into my life. More reading, more writing, more photography, more actually doing those photo albums that have lain way too long here on my desk, more sorting, more getting rid of the unnecessary.
As to the “new”: a continuation of the old – family, friends, the things that make a life worth living.
So, whatever you choose, may 2026 be a Good Year, old and new combined into something unique to oneself.
January 1, 2025
