Happy New Year! Let us travel into the future as we do each New Year’s Eve when the clock hands move inexorably towards midnight. As the clock strikes twelve we usher in the New Year, full of resolutions, hopes, dreams, plans, aspirations, desires, expectations, goals - all being born again and rushing forth like arrows released from the bow.
The river of time flows endlessly and in our little boat we travel on, waiting expectedly to see new locations, enjoy fresh sights, live novel situations, meet interesting new people, make new friends. We expand our horizons, we grow our knowledge base, we broaden our experiences, we hopefully become wiser in the process.
I wish you happy travels, and an enjoyment of the voyage, unhampered by great expectations of the destination. May you be healthy, but be mindful of the infirmity of others; may you be strong but respect the frailty of others; seize opportunities, but be kind to those who have none. Be positive and joyful, but also gentle with those who grieve, and be ready to comfort those who seek solace.
May 2025 be a good year for you, and let us all wish that it is also a better year for our planet.
