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Happy New Year. Drink more water.

01 Thursday Jan 2015

Posted by smfleegal in Balance, I try

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Is this door opening or closing? Photo by Flickr user Brad Montgomery (Creative Commons license).

Is this door opening or closing? Photo by Flickr user Brad Montgomery (Creative Commons license).

As one year closes and another opens, we have a choice. We can look back at the one closing or we can look forward at the one opening.

2014 was not my best year by a longshot. It’s in the running for one of my worst. That isn’t to say that good things didn’t happen. I’m trying to focus on those good things, when my mind tries to kick open the closing door.

I’ve written two posts recently (one for Revolution John and one for the Center’s blog) about New Year’s resolutions. I don’t really make them. Or, I make the same one every year: to just try to have a better year than the one before. To try to be a better person than I was.

I also would like to drink more water and meditate. Continue reading →

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