new hope.

“It’s OK to listen to your heart.  I know it’s risky.  Go ahead and take that leap.  There are so many things you can’t control:  earthquakes, war, famine.  It’s important to remember the things we can control, things like love and forgiveness.  … Love in every one of its forms.  Loves gives us hope. Hope for the New Year.”

Last year I was too scared to celebrate, I was so unsure of everything then. This year, I am sure of how I want to live my life and who I am and the tiny things I love every moment of the day. I am aware and awake and alive. And I only sometimes want to be all of those things, but I am. Here, in this moment, breathing and hoping. Incredibly blessed and grateful.