Well it is New Years Eve. In a few hours 2023 will transition to 2024 and all the glory and grief of the year will be behind us while we begin to mold a new year into something we all hope will be a better year but suspect that it will not.
Our world continues to convulse from something called Climate Change, the politics of our own country like most of the world sits atop a keg of powder on which the fuse has been lit and it may just explode this year, disease continues to befuddle our medical community leaving millions of people in varying stages of pain, suffering and grief and more than ever in the history of humanity brother fights brother ever arguing that I am right in my beliefs, faith, outlook and everything else and you are wrong.
And yet we continue as only the human race seems to be able to do.
And this new year that approaches brings us a clean slate, a new beginning which historically we have squandered. How sad we are as inhabitants of this planet. A planet that will, by the time the new year gets here, have a population of over 8 billion yet only has the resources to deal with about half that number.
I will try to do my part to make life better in 2024 by doing the simplest things. I will continue to allow everyone to not need to be the same as me, to have differing ideas and philosophies of life even if they are not striving to do the same. I will continue to strive to find at least one happy point in every day be it the smile of a child, the sun rising and setting, or the pleasure that comes when you bite into a piece of fruit and it explodes in you mouth with sweetness. I will actively seek out the happiness and goodness that exist in every day I am alive.
And, I will continue to write about my life, the good and the bad, to share the experience of being Jon Newman with those of you who find an interest in my doing so here in this blog.
My readers here make up the tiniest microcosm of of humanity. Yet, they are some of the most wonderful people that I have had the pleasure to know. They are, in many ways, the best social outlet that I could ever hope for and I thank each of you for this past year we have had together and look forward to the year to come with all its trials and tribulations and, yes, the sadness and the happiness that it will bring.
You are all very special to me in so many ways. You call me on my shit when I get going and you stroke my ego when appropriate. I think that is as good a definition of what a friend is as can be.
So, my friends, the happiest New Year possible for you and for our world at large.
Have a wonderful NY Eve and may the next year bring you health and much happiness.
ReplyDeleteYou're are so kind with your words...and I agree...if only everyone everywhere could feel and be like the little community. A huge hope. It never ceases to amaze me how we treat and use the planets resources and treat the other inhabitants of the globe...the animal kingdom. We consume, tear down, and ruin everything in our path. I hope Mother Nature takes it back one day soon. But... for now, I will wish you a Happy New Year, and mAy it be better and healthier and happier a YEAR then 2023 even.
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ps. now what did I hear about stroking something for you?
Oh my dear. I was talking about stroking my ego. But, anytime you are in the neighborhood feel free to stop by and we can engage in a stroke fest of our own design. Happy New Year my friend.
DeleteFortunately Global Warming is a hoax. The oil companies told me so.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you will continue to blog for us. If we are some of the most wonderful people you have had the pleasure to know, maybe you need to meet more people? You could join Facebook and meet people there.
I hope that you have a good year, and that your health situation stabilizes.