So to set the tone of this post, I want you to go ahead and turn your speakers up and click play on the video below and listen as you continue to read along.
The first thing I want to share with you is a post from Jamie Tworkowski from To Write Love On Her Arms. This is what Jamie had to say:
"Five .Four. Three. Two. One. The ball drops and fireworks. Resolutions are made. People scream and people kiss and is it possible to change? Is it really truly possible to leave the past behind? Welcome to Midnight. Another year comes to a close. Another year begins. With a moment in between. Why the fuss? Why the fame and fireworks? Is it more than hype? More than something else to sell us? Is there something to this holiday? Something true inside it? Because isn't there something inside us that aches for change...Dreams it to be possible…To let go. To hold on. To leave it behind. To start again .To be new. Is it possible? If you're reading this, if there's air in your lungs, then you're alive today tonight right now. And who can know how long we have here...And is it a gift? Was it ever a gift? Did that ever feel true or could that one day feel true? Are there things to fight to live for? Moments and people... Weddings and children and all your different dreams... Love...Is your life more than just your own? And are there broken things you were made to fight to fix? Broken families, broken friends... Injustice. Will you move for things that matter? Wouldn't it be nice if change took just a moment? Wouldn't it be nice if it were that easy? Midnight and we're new. Midnight and the past erased. Midnight and we're free. It seems to come slow. It seems to be a surgery. Forgiveness. Healing. Sobriety. Letting go. Starting over. It seems to happen slowly over time. One day at a time, the choice made new each morning. Will you fight? Will you fight to be healthy? Will you fight to be free? Will you fight for your story? Will you fight to get the help you need? Change takes more than a moment, but maybe there's also something to this celebration of a moment, something to the way it speaks to us, something to the way we fear it, and dream it to be true. Maybe it's the most honest moment of the year .It's possible to change. Welcome to Midnight. Here's to the possibilities."
And the last thing I wanted to share was a quote from the movie “New Years Eve”. It says:
"The Times Square ball is suspended there to remind us before we pop the champagne and celebrate the New Year, to stop and reflect on the year that has gone by. To remember both our triumphs and our missteps - our promises made, and broken. The times we opened ourselves up to great adventures - or closed ourselves down, for fear of getting hurt. Because that's what New Year's is all about: getting another chance. A chance to forgive, to do better, to do more, to give more, to love more. And stop worrying about 'what if' and start embracing what would be. So when that ball drops at midnight - and it will drop - let's remember to be nice to each other, kind to each other. And not just tonight but all year long."
Happy New Year, friends! I really am very excited about the thought of a new year, a clean slate, a year full of opportunities!
I absolutely love to write love on her arms and everything it stands for. I hope you had a wonderful new years love, and I wish you happy/health 2012!!!!
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