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I sit and wonder where did the year go? 2019 seemed barely to begin before it left us as 2020 arrived. What might the new year bring? What resolutions should we make? In front of us sits a blank calendar ready to be filled, but how? This issue I will share some of my thoughts from the past about facing a new year.
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Happy New Year in Prose and Poetry
When we face a new year, we want it to be better than the year behind. So, many people make resolutions to improve themselves or their lives or their opportunities. Yet, shouldn’t we make those decisions daily, weekly, monthly as we travel through each year? Perhaps rather than resolutions, we should set goals. Even if we don’t reach a goal we set, each step will move us from where we were closer to where we want to be. Therefore, I will set goals and take a step forward each day.
New Year’s Resolution by Vivian Zabel
The new year dawned, the old passed behind.
I don't know what lies ahead; I face a blank slate
with no mistakes or blemishes yet to be seen.
Do I make myself promises I know I can't keep?
Or perhaps, yes, maybe I will set goals instead.
Goals mean I may not reach the desired end
but will make progress each step I take.
By the end of this new year, I will be further
in the right direction, closer to the finish
than when I began, maybe reach my designation.
No, my new year's resolution this year is --
not to set one at all, but channel my ambition.
At the end of one year, we face the beginning of a new. Beginnings can be frightening, as I know from multiple moves while a child. Beginning a new school could be a scary experience. I certainly didn’t consider those beginnings as opportunities. Yet, now I see the new year as an opportunity, a chance to change or divert practices of the past, a time to set a different goal or to continue toward one already set.
New Beginnings by Vivian Zabel
The bells ring out the New Year’s start
As the woman views her calendar
On the desk, blank spaces staring back
From beside black dates on each page.
She glances at the list of days
From the year before, each spot covered,
Crowded words and appointments
That summarized the hectic time.
As her eyes return to the empty places,
She smiles because she realizes
New beginnings await, ready to be filled:
How remains mainly up to her
I want to take advantage of the beginnings this new year brings. I will set reasonable goals, even if I would like to set one goal -- to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Being nominated is not likely, but I can set a goal of writing ever better, which allows me to move in the right direction, ever closer to my goal. |
Writings from W.Com
As a tribute to a W.Com member who passed away about a year ago, I include a short story by him, Robert Walz.
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