It's January 1, 2025 and I am in a reflective mood. Already I have written down some notes on a poem I want to write on the subject of decades. I have lived almost six. I have read some scripture and meditated on it. I am in the Gospel of Matthew, the tenth chapter, and I seem to not be able to decide if I should write something about all the references to not fearing, which leads me to the thought that things to fear are bound to happen...the reference to the dead sparrow comes to mind. I have always read that with a bit of indignation - why did it have to fall to the ground? Regardless, that is for another day.
I have also responded with a comment on a post Garrison Keillor made today about
Texas and the superiority of California over it and his own ethereal thoughts on himself and those like-minded. But that was just a distraction.
I have corrected some comments I made on an on-going issue trying to set a 2025 budget for a non-profit I perhaps unwisely agreed to be the Treasurer for. We need to get moving on getting this done as it IS 2025...
But really what is on my heart today and for the last few days is gratitude. I think that's a really good place to start the year.
Yesterday I had a nice phone conversation with a friend who has been my friend since I was 16 years old. She is living through some challenges. I am living through some challenges, yet we both can and do celebrate our friendship. Gratitude.
Yesterday I went to a birthday party for a granddaughter that turned five and she loves me and loves to play with me, and I her. Gratitude.
This morning when I got up I saw the sun coming up through the trees in the back yard and I enjoyed the view. Gratitude.
So in completing this New Year Day muse, I end with a favorite scripture, Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
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