When we look back, we sigh at the realisation of how far we’ve come, how much we’ve accomplished (that we had no idea we could), how much we’ve endured (that we cannot believe we did)…Personally, the trip down my 2012 memory lane simply amazes me. All the surprises, lessons, mistakes and work that saw me through those days are a valuable thing for me to turn back to. I looked into my journal, thought about what I wanted to write on those pages and for the longest time, I only pinched the pen into that little dot I made when I’d just opened it. I simply couldn’t put it in writing. Because no approach seemed right and neither did any description, feeling, experience seem able to fit into the scope of my wording. This past year has been in both good and bad ways for me, unique. I’m sure each of us has got their own story - worth sharing with someone else about, writing about (which I highly recommend), but if nothing else, I believe it is very much worth taking quality time to reflect upon. Reflection is the key to shaping the perspective of who we are, based on where we’ve been in the past and where we are heading. It is a big part of the beauty in the start of each New Year. It is my encouragement for you to take that trip to figure it all out a little better. To identify more with the one person you’re in control of, you.Isn’t it fascinating to think about the possibility of being able once in a while, to see the world through the eyes of others? Isn’t it interesting to know that much as the world is one, everyone on earth possesses their own unique view, that, just as much as the world’s population, there seems more like 6,984, 895, 594 worlds in one! Isn’t human life an utter piece of art? I think so.That speaks to me about how much life has to offer us in terms of individuality. It speaks how special each of our experiences and people in general are as seen from the telescope called reality. And it comforts me. Because then I can see myself from an angle that allows me to want to grow into who I was made to be and seek it with all I can.More than ever I am learning that I am privileged to walk into a new year. Would I have known the pain of loss had its positive contribution too? Yet I am grateful for all the different ways I have grown through thick or thin so far. I know it is special with you too. It has to be. Young or old, you’ve made it some place along your road. It counts. My words for you for 2013 are: Reflection and identification.Have a Lovely beginning!!!