I have no clue what you have in store and if I'm honest, I'm not even sure I'm ready for you. 2017 was pretty good to me. I grew. I traveled. I lived. I slowed down. I wrote and I even read a few books. There were some bad days too of course, actually, there were quite a few of them but 2017 was a step forward in the right direction and that alone is comforting. So, I come to you with open, yet reserved arms, hoping you will will treat me well.
I hope you bring some of my wildest travel adventures yet.
I hope you bring random weekend and road trips.
I hope you bring new friends and social excitement.
I hope you remind me how lighthearted youthfulness is.
I hope you bring a sunny spring, a warm summer, a colorful autumn, and a balmy winter.
I hope you bring new life and yet the familiarity of birthdays and holidays.
I hope you teach me lessons I may not want but need.
And I hope we get along but even if we don't I want to say thanks:
Thanks for the chance to begin again. Thanks for all the new memories you'll share. Thanks for another chance to be better, stronger, truer and more loving. Thanks for 365 more days. Even when I'm tired, frustrated, moody and upset, my one goal is to remember to say thanks.
Time is my greatest gift and you, my friend, are part of the master plan.