Beginnings and Endings

So it is our turn now. We just got out of 2010. We are almost the last ones to do so: Australia was celebrating the first minutes of 2011 as our morning was ending on December 31^st.

Around 3:00 PM not only 9 hours was separating us from France, but also a whole year. When it is out turn to leap into 2011, the whole year has already done so, except Alaska and Hawaii.

Temperatures got colder those last days: 25F (-3C) under an unusual sky: without a cloud. While our delighted pups ran after the fireworks coming from the neighboring yards, we enjoyed the view of the many stars that we have so few opportunities to admire in our area where the sky is often overcast.

Let’s not rush moments of transition, suggests this author. "Beginnings and endings are so very sacred, to give honor to all that has transpired, every experience, every joy, every pain, is a doorway to the magical. Hold your entire year between your hands, every day, every thought, every breath. Now bless it with gratitude, love and humility. You have done more to transform this new year than a thousand resolutions". (K. Allen Kay) Happy New Year!