Here's to the Unknown!

     The New Year is just over that hill, past the lamp post, across the ocean, through the forrest, under the tundra, past the clouds and into the horizon. It's more like a,"Second star to the left and straight on 'til morning," sort of scene, except it isn't solely located in a child's imagination, and I don't have to fly to get there. All I have to do is live, and 2011 will come to me, if I want it to or not.


     Sondheim's lyrics ring true, for I am, "Excited and scared." Both those feeling seem to fit together as well as peanut butter and jelly.


     Bring on 2011. Bring the happiness, the love, the bliss, the energy, the exhilaration, the smiles, the lessons, the hope, the kisses, the encouragement, the friendships, the hard work and the accomplishments, regardless how small. This life is not one sided. Therefore, I do not beckon this new year without calling forth the heartache, the sorrow, the pain, the rejection, the confusion, the stressors, the frustration, the tears, the loneliness, the loss, the failure and the challenges that will surely touch my life in some way. Without any of the negative, it's easy to forget to be thankful for the positive. And if everything came easily, there would be no proof of truly being alive; everything would be pleasant and nothing would be real, raw emotion.

"Tragedies happen. So what are you gonna do, give up? Quit? No. I realized that when your heart breaks you gotta fight like hell to stay strong - and the pain you feel, that's life. The confusion and the fear - it's there to remind you that somewhere there's something better out there and that something is worth fighting for..." 

     2010 has been both inspiring and heart-breaking. All I can do is take both the good and the bad, and continue to move on...one step at a time.


Tegan and Sara's song, The Con, helped me realize, that I too, am, "Capsized, staring on the edge of safe."  2011 is the year of walking the plank and taking the plunge!
Ah well- here's to the unknown!