Wishes for a HAPPY NEW YEAR

 







happy new year

Now
Enter
With hope into the new year,

 Yesterday’s
Energy and experiences
Absolutely
Re-formed,
     resurrected,
            re-shaped,
So that with

Daring courage,
Awareness will enlighten and inform
Your path. Happy 2013!










new year's intentions
 
may i walk into this day with a
sense of expectation,
           of awareness,
           of excitement & awe.

may i carry with me the gifts of
         hope & peace & blessing,
         to welcome each person I meet
         with the sense of greeting a
         fellow-traveler with whom I
         will share the journey for
         a short while.

may i surround and fill each word
i speak with love & acceptance,
         aware at every moment that
         I am part of creating peace
         or disharmony in this world. happy new year, one & all!











2013...a new year

The first day of
whatever remains-
what lies ahead
is the fog-shrouded
unknown

    tentative steps
            OR
    daring stride?

i hold the light of
hope and courage
to light my way,
determined to
live fully, to
freely live-
and love
 
with head held high
and shoulders back,
i boldly walk
into the dark,
unafraid

a song of joy
emerging from my
smiling lips,
as with overflowing heart
i welcome
the New Year


Dear ones, far and near, I wish you a Happy New Year. May 2013 be filled with both hope and joy, with both creativity and peace. May you recognize in each day the opportunity to re-shape and re-make this world we inhabit, aware of our connectedness with one another and with all created things. And may you be blessed to be a blessing. Love, Linda

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