I don’t want to place an entire year’s worth of burden on a one second time change tonight. So instead of wishing for a full happy new year, I’ll start a little smaller.
I hope tomorrow that all of my friends, family, loved ones, or just kind of liked ones, wake up safe and sound. I hope the same people wake up a little happier than when they went to sleep. I hope every one weighs one ounce less than when they went to sleep, or one ounce more, depending on their weight wishes. I hope any aches are a little less painful, and a little more bearable. I hope that there is one more smile during their day, than there was today. I hope there is one less reason to cry.
I hope there is one more comic to grin over. One more story to read. One more brilliant idea to act on. One more step taken to achieving a goal. I hope for one more prayer said for someone else. One more kind act taken on behalf of a stranger.
One more thank you would be nice. One grateful acknowledgement of someone in your life. One more selfless act.
I hope everyone can look in the mirror and wink back at that charming face grinning at them.
I hope there is a little less hate in an angry heart.
I hope there is good food shared with laughter and chatter.
One more hand than yesterday reaching out to someone else.
I hope there is one more person singing a Doo Wah Ditty or Twinkle Twinkle Star kind of song. One more person being sung to.
One more heart feeling the burst of new love. One more heart healed and ready to love.
I hope for a moment, for everyone, every day. A good moment. A reflective moment. A prayerful moment. A love moment. A friend moment. A happy moment. A content moment. A contemplative moment. A peaceful moment.
A moment of power.
A moment of grace.
A minute to be alone.
A minute to share.
A moment of thanks.
On this one second time increment tonight when time changes from the year we’ve just lived to the year we will yet live-I hope it is the first second of the first moment of the first step of any change you wish to be.
And same to you!
Thank you Huck! 🙂
Thank you!
I second your hopes for that second Colleen. You said it perfectly. Happy New Year, my dear, dear, dear friend. One is not enough for my feeling about that, you know.
I see what you did there Mark, 🙂
Thank you very much for broadening your wonderful circle of friends to include me. You’re starting my day out making me feel very good Mark. Thank you my most amazing friend!
What a wonderful blessing on us. Thank you so very much!
Nancy
You’re welcome Nancy! 🙂
This post was absolutely wonderful! I loved what you said and how you said it and the meaning that is behind it. But I have a question. Is this New Year’s Eve? 😀
we call today, 31st Dec, ‘hogmanay’ in Scotland 😆
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my mother was the youngest of 7 kids so when I was a lad our New Year celebrations started on Hogmanay and continued into the 2nd week of January until all her sisters and brother’s houses had been visited in turn on consecutive nights for a party to bless each house
I love that Duncan! My mom had 11 siblings. That would have been a wonderful and very long tradition!!!!
I’m enjoying reading about your Hogmanay!
it was a great time to be a kid, colleen – not only did we get to stay up way past our bedtime to see in the New Year but then we had almost 2 weeks of partying and playing with our cousins (and as part of a large catholic family we had a lot of cousins!). Giving my age away, but this was back in the day when families literally did make their own entertainment and at these parties everyone, even us kids, was expected to do a ‘turn’ – be it sing a song, tell a joke or a funny story, recite a poem, play a musical instrument, or dance
ah, your post has brought back lots of happy memories – thanks !
a guid new year to you and yours when it comes !
Duncan I don’t think progress has done any favors to our kids and family’s life styles. We’ve lost a lot of great traditions and family fundamentals. You’ve painted a beautiful way of life that many many people will never ever know.
Thank YOU for sharing them.
And thank you for the wishes, to you in return!
I am going to look up HOGMANAY!!!!
Thank you Priceless!
It is New Year’s Eve here, when I published. Grant it, it is VERY early New Year’s eve. We have the entire day yet to go!
Oh, I see. I wasn’t sure if you lived somewhere that was a day ahead of us or here in the U.S.
Happy New Year Colleen!
Thank you Marissa! Happy New Year! 🙂
You are such a beautiful person! I love, love, love your words! Oh and I’ll take “one ounce less.” 🙂
Thank you MWAI!!!! 🙂 I will sign you up for that!!! 🙂
Another perfectly said post. Happy new year to you, dear friend! ❤
Thank you NAPR. 🙂
Happy New Year to you my hippest and hopefully much healthier friend! 🙂
Happy New Year, Colleen! 🍸
Thank you GPCox! Happy New Year to you!
I want to have Hogmanay!
We need to start this wonderful tradition!
Wishing the same back to you. ❤
Thank you! ❤
A most wonderful thought, Chatter Master. Very, very nice!
Thank you Koji. 🙂
Wonderful thoughts-Thank you
You’re welcome Patrick Dykie, thank YOU for saying so!
I wish the same to you 😀
Thank you Lily Lau. 🙂
Good hopes and wishes. May they come true 🙂
Thank you Niaaeryn! 🙂
Happy New Year, Colleen!
Happy New Year April! 🙂
I hope the same. I think I’ll be at least half a pound lighter, I’ve been working on it anyhow, I also hope some dollars find their way in my bank account. Something like an unexpected gift in a large amount would be lovely.
Here’s to good cheer and good wishes for your 1/2 pound less on the scales and good fortune befalls you in your bank account! 🙂
Thank you Colleen, this is so beautifully said. May your wishes come true this year. I walk away singing Doo Wah ditty ditty dum ditty doo 😀
It’s a good tune to be singing happily! 🙂
You have written a beautiful blog for the new year. Thank you. May you have peace and contentment during the coming year.
Thank you so much, for the kind words and the kind wishes. 🙂
I wish that all of your wishes in this post come true for all your loved and liked ones and you.
Happy New Second, Minute, Hour, Day, Week, Month, and Year.
Thank you VERY much Russ!
As I read your post I wondered whether you have written any books. If not, I hope you do as I’d love to see more people exposed to your heart, sprit, and wisdom. Please let me know if you do write a book as I’d love to buy it. So many of your posts resonate so well for me that I thought, “Wow! Wouldn’t it be cool to attempt to collaborate on a book together with Colleen?”
You are so kind Russ. I have “written” books. But done nothing with them as much. Not had the inclination to do so yet. I suspect when the time is right, I may. I feel like I am writing now, to stock pile for things to work through when more time permits to edit and organize and search out proper ways to deal with such things. Collaboration would be wonderful! 🙂 I look forward to the day when I can!!! 🙂
I’m glad you have interest in considering collaborating some day. I’m in no rush and have other projects on which I’m working.
I too used revisions of some of what I believed to be my best posts as part of the content for a few of my books.
I have some ideas in mind and would love to hear yours as well. I have an editor, interior layout and cover designer, and printer, who I’m happy to work with, or you could suggest yours. I’d also be happy to handle the post-writing, printing, and publishing coordination (with your prior consent and approval each step of the way) to free up your time if you’d prefer.
By the way, as you probably already know, most books do not sell well and the odds of any book by relatively new and unknown authors doing quite well financially are not good, but I love writing and publishing (even on the books I haven’t yet made enough money to pay for the cost of publishing them). I view each book published as a seed that is planted. Some may become flowers whose beauty is experienced by relatively few, while others may bear fruit enjoyed by many. I look forward to planting a writing seed with you some day to see what will sprout.
Please email me at russtowne@yahoo.com when you would like to discuss ideas or learn more.
I love your open invitation Russ. I have saved your email and most definitely look forward to the day when we can do this!!!
“first second of the first moment of the first step of any change you wish to be”, Brilliant.
Thank you Carolin. 🙂