So this is it… a new year begins

Yes I made that centerpiece :  )

… and what will 2025 bring into my life I wonder? It’s not like I have a lifetime ahead of me, it’s more like it’s rapidly diminishing and I have so much yet to do or finish or, or… what the heck! This is crazy and if I were young it would be exciting, but alas that boat has sailed. It sailed away on all my spent energy from years past, at least it is being recycled, I guess.

Here’s the catch, I procrastinate all the time and everyone knows my organizational skills are obsolete… okay so non-existent is the appropriate word here. My only New Year’s resolution now is to rid myself of stuff my kids won’t have to deal with when I kick the bucket.  Some may think I’m not serious but understand this, I think a lot of us old people could use some de-decluttering in our lives. We can’t take all this shit to the grave with us. We’re not Pharaohs living in Egyptian times, with a pyramid being erected nearby to bank all our sacred stash.

I’m not worried about the emotional parting because my kids know my love for them. I share all my journeys here with them (whether they like it or not: ) and always end my conversations with an “I love you.” Joining the single life after that forty-year marriage was my reality check. Learning to live my best life these past 14 years has been an exhilarating and uplifting experience, as well as excruciating, but how many of us get a second chance at life?

Okay, now where was I?  Oh, right, we are going into a new year. Hmm, I guess there is something else that I need to talk about. My life will never be orderly, ever, so onward and forward I go. It’s world peace causing me such ‘angst’ lately. Who would’ve thought I would use that word in a blog? ANGST is how I feel and it seems appropriate here that I need to look up the definition for this gem of a word. I did, and it fits perfectly!

Anyways, my gut feeling is not good for what’s happening in our world. Although my time here is not unlimited, my kids have their whole lives ahead of them yet and the grandkids too. Most reading this will understand where I’m coming from, but down here in the Southern States not so much. World peace is a delicate balancing act that needs diplomacy.  Lots of diplomacy… it’s not for the faint of heart and the blustering fool who has no filter on what comes out of his mouth, this concerns me a lot.  That he has free access to nuclear weapons is even worse.

We aren’t an island unto ourselves, two world wars were needed to save us from the crazy dictators of the past.  Do we have to go through all this once more, to learn lessons we seem to have forgotten?  My thoughts are that we won’t get a third chance at this. Nuclear warfare is a given now and how do we survive that? … we don’t!  Hence my ‘Angst’ Wow, I get to use that word thrice in this blog.

All this is beyond my control and what can I do about it anyway? Absolutely nothing… and this is why I need to write it out I guess.  My faith in goodness winning over evil is all I have.  It may be time for me to let this go and I would love nothing better.   Can I let it go, time will tell I guess. I’m not alone on this I know, many of us here want nothing but the the best for our children.

Money can’t buy goodness, honesty, loyalty, or love, not to be confused with the sexual part.  You can also have all the money in the world but you can’t take it to your grave with you.   It’s not great having no money either, trust me.  My mom and siblings, seven of us, lived on welfare most of our lives.  Thank goodness for welfare though, living in a democratic country saved us from starvation.  Yes, I know what it’s like to be hungry, though you wouldn’t know it to look at me.

Despite this, we learned the basics in life.  Do not lie, cheat, or steal, share with others and just be a good person.  What is so hard about this?  This brings me to another thought that just occurred to me; is it the privileged and the wealthy that are unsatisfied with what they have and want more eg: money and power?  hmmm…. do they also seek revenge on those they perceive as enemies?

This is a lot to digest and I’ll have to wait until I can sort it out. Meanwhile my only resolution this year is to enjoy and value what I have in my life, and I need to quit watching the news…

the end

Happy New Year to all of you who follow me on my journeys.

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January 1st. 2025