A new dawn, a new day, a new year!
A new year is upon us and I am ever so glad. 2010 was the worst year ever, starting last New Year’s eve in the hospital emergency room with Randy, Mom, Ruth Ann and Jeff. Mom was taken by ambulance from the car dealership where she slipped and fell. Randy drove her on that icy afternoon to win a car instead she won five dollars. When I walked in the ER, I noticed Jeff had his arm wrapped in a sling. He had been in a car accident earlier that day. As he explained some crazy woman ran into his car pretty much totaling it. The impact popped his driver side air bag which exploded and burnt his arm. My day was not much better as I elucidated. I had asked Kyle to move out after all his shenanigans with alcoholism. The five of us just looked at each other in amazement and actually laughed in relief that we were all okay. What a day!
Instead of New Years Resolutions, this is my year of “reverse process.” This is how I am reversing my need to fix others and just fix me. My list as follows.
- Cook whatever I want
- Wash only my laundry
- Clean up whenever or just hire a maid
- Watch TV in bed with popcorn or chocolate
- Late at night look out my balcony, see the city lights, moon, firecrackers, and smile
- Ride my bike even in the snow
- Eat what I like or just eat out every day
- Maybe exercise or maybe NOT
- Have a drink on special occasions
- Enjoy organizing anything at anytime, (art, books, jewelry, closet, kitchen cabinets, DVDS, shoes, bills)
- Drink fresh fruit juice from my juicer every morning
- Write a blog
- Take photos, put in the blog
- Find Temples. Get a Buddha or 2, or 3 or 4. Remember there is a “little Buddha” in every one. Give Buddha’s away!
- Listen to my self
- Don’t forget: Think smart!
- Continue thinking smart and blog good philosophy
- Be spiritual, pray and look for the light in everyone
- When the bad stuff bothers me just put a blazing flame around it and send it away
Let the fixing commence!
To this day, I remember your advice about putting a blazing flame around the things that bother me. You gave me that advice when I was what, 16? Twas about a certain oddity we share. I still don’t necessarily agree about the cause of our special.. ability, but having the first adult I confided in end up being someone with the same problem was so.. fortuitous. Exactly what I needed. A comfort then and now. And then that you could point out yet another girl my age who had come to you with the same problem… well, that just seemed too coincedental, too fortuitous, too serendipitous. I don’t think it’s recurred since we talked about it, but if it did, I wouldn’t be nearly as freaked out about it. I’m not alone, and I have yet another new way to visualize casting away the problem. Here’s a cryptic ambiguous thank you, Taddy. Hopefully you remember what I’m talking about. 😉
Here’s to a New Year that’s all about taking care of you. You deserve it.
Goo job on the resolutions. They are very similiar to mine. Love and Hugs