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The place, unwilling, dies the rose,
Buds the brand new, one other yr.
(Dorothy Parker)
EVERYONE IN THIS WEARY WORLD SOMETIMES FEELS THEIR ENTHUSIASM HAS DIED. Life is demanding. It’s exhausting. Even when we face nothing greater than the day-to-day challenges of “homesteading” — offering meals, clothes, and shelter — we are able to get to the purpose the place we really feel that each drop of vitality has gone down the drain, and it turns into exhausting to carry onto our hopes.
A brand new yr can deliver new life to us. There’s something particularly motivating concerning the first few days of a brand new yr, and we should seize this chance to get a recent grip on all the pieces we take care of. The solar is rising slightly earlier every morning, and spring, though nonetheless a long way away, is a minimum of possible. New life is asking our names, attracting our consideration to elevation and enchancment.
A brand new love may also deliver new life to us. By “new love,” I don’t essentially imply somebody or one thing we’ve by no means beloved earlier than, though new loves of that kind can powerfully rejuvenate us. A “new love” could be individuals or issues we’ve beloved earlier than, however we’ve lately found a greater or deeper approach to love them. Whichever form of new love we’ve discovered, we have to be cautious to not waste it. Love, particularly when new, is probably the most potent drive we are going to ever know. It must be appreciated. We must always permit ourselves to really feel its fireplace and welcome the brand new world it opens as much as us. Who is aware of what good issues may occur? Typically a brand new love might be so strongly invigorating that we really feel as did Christina Georgina Rossetti: “The birthday of my life is come, my love is come to me.”
Have your goals been lifeless for some time now? How lengthy has it been since your hopes have been brilliant? Does your phoenix have to rise from its ashes? In that case, don’t low cost the likelihood that it could occur, and don’t dismiss the chance that it could occur proper now, on the brink of a brand-new yr. Because the snows of various winters accumulate on the top of this author, I really feel, in lots of very important methods, that I’m solely simply starting to dwell. I’m grateful to be alive — to have been reborn — and I’m going to offer all of it I’ve bought. Will you be a part of me?
And now in age I bud once more,
After so many deaths I dwell and write;
I as soon as extra scent the dew and rain . . .
(George Herbert)
Gary Henry – WordPoints.com + AreYouaChristian.com
