New Year’s Blessings, Wishes and Dares

ahappynewyear3 copyRecognize the hallelujah holy you are, the glorious gift of life you embody. Praise all your perceived flaws. Your secret superpower is the blessing of saints and the protection of angels. Proceed accordingly.

The counsel you seek is poised and ready 24/7, desperate for you to ask. Lay down your sword. Offer the olive branch knowing it may be dropped. Speak the truth even if it means rejection. Take the leap of faith. Leave the boulder on the cliff.

Guilt and shame don’t play fair. Be wary of engaging. Wait for inspiration and hope. They will come uninvited to assuage fears and erase doubts bearing light for the next steps.

The present lives on the threshold of then and there in the same place excitement and promise live. Stay in it. Be a cool no-nonsense cat. They know what they are doing. Pretend same.

Earth and sea are home and hearth to all. Care for them. Respect! Reverence! Awe! Be a torch in the heart of darkness, let your presence be a balm to a stranger, of which there are none. Disabuse the illusion of normal used as a whip to judge. Listen. See. Feel. Understand.

A good roux makes the gumbo. Use fresh ingredients, salt sparingly. Serve with French bread, love, and bon mots. Laugh often, even in your dreams. Hug and caress, turn the bitter to the sweet, harbor no grudges, be called good friend. May you find your anam cara.

Risk love in all her compassionate, expansive, endearing, everlasting, exhausting, unpredictable, demanding, fierce, fulfilling, provocative, painful, intense, devout, cheeky ways. Bet the house on her.

I wish you every good wish, every fine dare, blessings in spades. I wish you a Happy New Year.