Hello there,
1. Happy New Year! How ever you are entering 2021, things in order or in disarray, take a moment to celebrate that you made it through all that was. Personally I am a mess navigating a very messy and sad time. But on this first day of a new year I am also so very grateful, if not for the mess than for the ability to still be moving through it all however imperfectly.
2. I don’t want to go back to normal, the normal that was before the pandemic hit. That normal merely held the illusion of stability, and even that illusion was so very tenuous for most. This makes it hard to set intentions or even feel into the possibilities of 2021. How do I intend what I can not imagine? So I go to my desires, my cravings, my missing pieces. How do I want to create more wholeness, knowing
that wholeness is ever evolving and not a perfected destination?
3. I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy. Marilyn Monroe
4. I discovered this YouTube channel last week. Imagine radio music from the 20-40's playing in another room while the rain falls and a fire crackles. As someone who has a lot of trouble sleeping and recently just relaxing in general I find listening to to this strangely comforting. I've been turning it on the background as work and I am someone who usually needs complete quiet.
5. I found this in my camera roll from a long past Christmas and just love it so some reason I can't put my finger on. There is so very much I don't know coming into this new year but I want it to feel more like this:
