I wish you all a wonderful upcoming year. May you attain your heart's desire.
How did you fare during 2025? As for me, I shall quote my niece, Abby. “There’s only one
thing I can say about 2025 – oy!”
It’s been tough but we got out alive. Now I’m girding my loins for 2026.
Yesterday I finally finished reading Mark Nepo’s The Book of Awakening, which is written in the form of a day book, one spiritual reading for each day of the year. I thought the entry for December 29 was particularly to the point, especially since that day was my birthday. It’s entitled “Sing, Then”.
“…it has become very clear that giving voice to what is inner is essential to surviving what is outer,” he says. “When everything in life presses from outside of us, we have no choice but to sing like scared children relying on their song to stop the pain…This is the secret of all spirit, why it cannot stay inside, but must be brought from within us into the world.”
I thought that was a very good description of why I write.
