A winter scape, photograph by Martin Watson

And the mirror cracked…and what was left for me to see?

Thinking back over the events of the year that has just passed, the first phrase that popped into my head was “and the mirror cracked.”  A strange saying yet not so far from the truth.  As with every new year, I’d entered into it full of hope and excited anticipation.  The days, the months, the seasons passed by so quickly.  It seemed as soon as I settled into one thing, something else had already climbed over the horizon, and stared me right in the face.  I know, I know, life is like that.  We’ve never been promised that it would be easy…I’ve never expected that.  Hmmm, now there’s a word, expectations…the real focus of my thoughts.

With a new year ahead of me, I am about to write a new chapter in my life’s journal.  Although I do not know at this point what stories will fill each page, I do have a few expectations as to what they might include.  The list is long and I look forward to many of them…indeed, some will be easier than others.  Those who are closest to me will have starring roles, as they always do.  They fill me with the most inspiration, the most love for living and cause me to desire to give as much of myself that I possibly can.  They are the ones about which I can fill the leaves of my journal with the joy and laughter that will echo through to the last page.  It is the challenges, the hardships, the frustrations of living in a world that has become so complex, that I hope will have limited lines, or at least ones full of words of triumph and growth; of strength and gratitude…for such things are necessary for the fullness of life whether I like them or not.

This time of year, this season, as chilling and stark as it can be…should the mirror crack, should my expectations far exceed what falls into place when the pieces reach the ground, none of that matters.  I resolve to see beyond all of that.  What is left for me to see in those shards , will be all that I need.

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.  Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”  James 1:3-4

Peace and love,

Felecia

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