Taking Pause

As the sun rises, and the frost clinging to the window pane glows in crystal brilliance, I take pause to reflect on the year past and the dawning of the new which tomorrow will bring. And as always the moments spent have been all things at different times. There is good and bad as we experience the world, but this is only in our mind. As each experience is ultimate perfection and as it should be. Anything less would be impossible to fathom. Every moment springs from the seeds of our own planting and blossoms from the warmth of our being. It can be no other way.

It is this that I reflect upon this morning. Not the specifics of what went right and what went wrong with the year, or even many years, past, but rather how I let those objects on my path determine the road ahead. What course do I steer with such winds at my back and how do I navigate the gales and doldrums of life moving ever forward? Ever forward.

You will be there as our paths cross. If those paths run parallel, I am glad for the company, if only for awhile. If they merge for but a moment then diverge, if by choice or by chance, I wish you fare well. All in all it is the same and those things I learn from you I will carry with me forever. From this year to the next. From this life to the next.

There is no destination, there is only the road ahead. And how we manage that road is entirely in our hands. Each moment is but a prelude to the moment that follows it, winding off into eternity. And the reaction to this will determine the color and shape of things to come.

It is a grand adventure this life.