and before the sunrise of 2012
The last day of the year always means that the house is scrubbed, the “everything drawers” are organized and loose ends are tied. I think about where I was this time last year. It is a day of pause, review and re-access.
Where were you on this day last year? Where does not necessarily mean physically, in what location but moreover, “where”, as in, where in the timeline of our custom-made, self deciding lives.
Physically, I am in the same place. We live in our same house, all a year older, a year closer and a year more. I am
in the same place of design, finishing up collection for Autumn/Winter for the following year. The shop is providing for the winter upon us. My friends and family of last year who are constant will brave the new year with me.
These are the days of our lives.
I wrote quite a bit this year. I poured my heart and soul onto pages hoping to evacuate the turmoil of feelings one faces when confronted with change. There was much moving, shifting and changing in this year that is about to pass.
My heart is fuller. There is no more anger. There is no turning back of pages glued shut. I have spent the year studying why and who I am as a person. As the year closes I am proud of my growth.
I start with a clean canvas for 2012.
If you have given me happiness I thank
you with every breath of my being.
If you have helped me, I will stand by you for the test of our lives.
If you have hurt me- I forgive you.
I am here to create beauty.
THAT is my purpose in life.
It is in my hands and my heart.
It is in what I see and what I make.
It is in what I believe in and THAT has made all the difference.
Wishing you all a beautiful 2012.
Happy New Year! I love your posts and missed them. They always help me connect, even to myself. I love this line: If you have hurt me- I forgive you. So powerful! I wanted to do a New Years post but now I don’t have to because you did it for me