Well, it’s the start of a new year. I’ve never been one to wish myself rid of a year gone by, I’ll not start now. Last year had its moments. The summer was a good one with much time spent in the pool and before that we enjoyed a late winter and early spring full of visitors from our past whose company we always will enjoy. Sure, the latter half wasn’t exactly “ideal” but what’s life without a little shake-up now and then?
I’m all about looking ahead. What is, is. What you do with that is what separates those who enjoy a propitious life from those who don’t. And, recent events have presented, to me, opportunity and education. I’ve learned a great deal about my physical resilience these last two months. The human body is an amazing thing. Given the right amounts of care and nourishment (as we know well what too much or little of either can do) it will be there for you, even under the most incomprehensible of conditions. Yes, as I grow wiser (e.g.; older) I learn that my physical limitations are not so limiting, it’s what I choose to do or not do that define my limits.
Opportunity is a moment or occasion, a juncture in life, small or large, that tests to see if you’re still awake. Great opportunities present themselves in understated and hidden ways; mediocre opportunities slap you in the face. I’m choosing to look upon my recent transition to the status of unemployed as one of those hidden opportunities. This has been a tact that has proven successful in the past and there is no reason it shouldn’t be so this time. This town is full of many good employers, public and private, and I know I can help one of them. So, as soon as I finish my physical rehabilitation I will begin, in earnest, professional rehabilitation.
Thus inspirited, I welcome 2012 just as I welcomed 2011, and all the years before. Because, it was the years past that brought me to where I am today; a happy being, married to a beautiful and intelligent woman, The Lovely Gail. The future may hold hurdles and challenges, hell, the past had hurdles and challenges. I have no reason to think that by the time I reach 2013 the weight and measure of this year ahead will not be in the favor of good and better. May the consequence of this coming year prove the same for you.
Happy New Year my friends, from myself and The Lovely One.
2 Reader Comments:
You two will do great! Happy New Year to you. BTW, what's a "propitious?" Is it contagious? :)
Damn you. You're drunk on your optimism! ... and I miss it. I selfishly hope you somehow find work where I am, cuz I always valued your drippingly optimistic view of this shitty world. :)
That said, your assessment of quiet opportunity ahs proven true for me and where I landed. If I can be so lucky, you certainly will. :)
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