Happy New Year

The clock strikes midnight, and in the quiet dark the only way of knowing is by the barely perceptible cries of celebration from neighboring houses and the sound of illicit fireworks in the distance.

Happy New Year.  

And yet, the new still feels like the old. The troubles of yesterday did not magically disappear.  We do not all suddenly have superhero powers that will allow us to accomplish what we couldn't last year. 

Midnight has marked the passing of time, and though we view a new year like a blank slate and a chance for a fresh start, we are still who we were five minutes ago.

We will make resolutions and set goals and take steps to move forward, but in the end, life happens.  This is the first New Year we are starting together as husband and wife, and we have big ideas for new adventures.  

It would be nice if we could have flipped a switch and at midnight been where we want to be, but the journey is part of the process.  To get where we need to go, we need to let go of what's been holding us back, and that will take time.  But we'll get there.  Even if we don't get there by 2017, we'll get there.

Every day the clock strikes midnight.  Every day is a fresh start.