The new year ahead...

The new year has me thinking about fresh starts,

new beginnings, things past, things present

and things to come...

I am thinking of shedding some things;

pounds, habits, thoughts, feeling, clutter, old ideas,

things that aren't working for me...

Letting go of past hurts, disappointments,

and expectations...

While holding close wonderful memories, good friends,

and still attainable dreams...

I don't like to call them resolutions

I don't like to name them out loud

I just prefer to spend a few days at the beginning of the year

clearing away the clutter of the past year and thinking on

ways to make the coming year better...

So I will be working on my "list" of thoughts and ideas for the year ahead

I may share some of them here, but some of them will be things that I will keep to myself

for they will be things that require inward reconstruction and maintenance...