GOOD BY JANUARY...GOOD RIDDANCE

Progress has come to a standstill on house projects and on art projects.  The weather is either too cold or too wet and I feel tired, I feel stuck, I feel old.  Maybe I'm just an 

Old Soul

I try to play in the studio between trips to town but my player is broken and running on empty.  Color is so lacking this time of year even package wrappings for birthday boxes were a challenge

until the soft colors of spring that I day dream about snuck in.

 

So I attempt to anticipate the clear days between the rain (even when it's freezing) because the sunrises are worth the wait.  They arrive a little earlier each morning, reminding me...this too shall pass.

And I have decided...AT THE END OF THE DAY... that creating just for fun is a delicious way to spend January.

 

ACCOMPLISH

  to fulfill-make happen-achieve...

Just over two weeks ago I entered the last year of my 7th decade.  In December of this year I will be 70 years old.

It makes me think about what I have accomplished during those 7 decades and what I want to accomplish in the years I have left.

Last year I chose the word Attention to focus on and found out so much about myself.  My life has been enriched by learning to live more fully, not procrastinate so much, and by being aware of what is going on around me and inside me.  That is how I want to enjoy the rest of my years...no matter how many or how few they are.

So this year I will live in the now of each minute, each day, each week, adjusting my direction when I wander off course, and doing the best I can without worrying about whether or not I get everything on my to-do-list finished. 

and after all...AT THE END OF THE DAY...who knows what I can do if I put my mind to it and choose ACCOMPLISH as my word this year.