Every moment is a new beginning.
Elie
Wiesel
As each breath goes out, let it be the end of that moment
and the birth of something new. . .
Pema
Chodron
To new beginnings. To the pursuit of...somethingness.
Cecelia Ahern
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Happy New Year
Or not
We count the seconds
And celebrate
Happy New Year!
It is time for a fresh start
It is a time to think of change
Of new beginnings
And yet this New Year has barely begun
And I am thinking mostly of endings
Of lives ending (RIP Finn)
Of peace ending in the explosions
In Gaza and Venezuela
Of justice ending
As a tainted SCOTUS bought and controlled
Deals injustice
Of freedom ending
Not just for immigrants and refugees
But for all who do not bend the knee to a tyrant
(and for those who follow as well, they just don’t know
it)
Of decency ending
As Pedophiles and rapists
Sit in positions of power
Protected and praised
Of truth ending
As policies and actions are based
On lies
Of hope ending
With each new morning revealing
That the forces of hate and fear
Reign
Yes, I know
The old has to die for the new to be born
But there are good deaths
And there are bad deaths
We are dying a bad death
A death full of pain and denial
Hate and retribution
An ugly death
I want to believe in the Phoenix
That something good will rise out of the ashes
I want to believe in the gift of impermanence
And move from attachment to appreciation
Living in this moment
Anticipating the next
I want to believe in resurrection
Now
That the old will pass away and
The new will come!
Hallelujah
But it is hard to see
Beyond the deaths
The endings
I feel no hope
But may I have enough faith
To live it
“...new life starts in the dark. Whether it is a seed in
the ground, a baby in the womb, or Jesus in the tomb, it starts in the dark.”
Barbara Brown Taylor
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