3rd January 2022 — BACK TO NORMAL

Well, Christmas and the New Year celebrations are behind us and here we are at the 3rd January 2022.

So what’s changed apart from the date and the year? Practically and mentally?

Mentally we probably have hopes and dreams for what we may achieve this year and practically things may not have changed that much. On a general level we are still having to wear masks.

So what is normal apart from going about our everyday business? What have we brought through with us into 2022 apart from hopes and dreams?

The determination to realise them? A sense of joy, love and goodwill towards ourselves and our fellow human beings?

How many times over the New Year period have we been wished ‘A HAPPY NEW YEAR?’ and wished others the same. So? What does a Happy New Year mean for us?

It is, of course, normal to make what we call New Year Resolutions but I believe it may also normal to give up on them fairly quickly.

Much more to the point I suggest, is to seriously consider one thing we would like to achieve this year, keep it in mind and repeatedly ask ourselves how far we have come each day to achieving it, without putting stress on ourselves but simply evaluating our goal and having the courage to accept things as they are.

PONDER POINTS: How I think and feel about reading the above is… what I would like from 2022 is ….. the ways in which I may be able to achieve this goal are …..