New Beginnings
"Here's to the bright New Year and a fond farewell to the old; here's to the things that are yet to come, and to the memories that we hold."
The last three hundred and sixty-five days seemed to pass in just a blink of an eye, and today we're yet again back to Day One. A new year, a fresh start - that seems to be the adage reverberating throughout the ages - the motto that keeps everyone overjoyed as they welcome a new year with a warm embrace, gleaming eyes and a sense of new hope. As 2015 approaches, I find myself reflecting on the way I spent the last twelve months before I turn over a new leaf.
The past year marked several milestones in my life, opened new doors, brought about and took away relationships, tested my faith in a few people I love, steered me in an unexpected direction and, as bemusing as it might sound, left me in a constant quandary on what in the world do I do with my life. I think it's safe to say that 2014 took me on a hell of a rollercoaster ride. But if there's one primary thing that 2014 has taught me it is that as life goes on, we get closer to some people and further apart from others.
People come and go, feelings grow and fade, and friends change and can become total strangers. Sometimes we just grow apart from people we care about. It's sad that you cannot make some people you love stay in your life and all you can do is let them flourish somewhere else, and move on. It's sad that you cannot make them not forget that they once laughed with you, cried with you, stumbled and stood back up with you, shared hopes with you. And before you know it, all that's left are the memories and the feeling of denial that a once cherished friendship is crumbling right before your eyes. Oh, the casualty of growing up. It's a sad and ugly realization that is hard to come terms with, but then, as they say, c'est la vie.
Yet today, I just couldn't be more grateful that I get to spend the first day of the New Year with my family - whole and all well - and that they stood beside me - strong, still and never jaded - all throughout the last 365 days. Today, I'm jam-packed with spirit and enthusiasm to aim higher, work harder and grab this year by the balls*. You hear me, 2015? BRING. IT. ON.
Here's to starting with a clean slate and writing yet a new chapter in the book I call Life. Here's to more adventures and misadventures. Here's to a bright, fantastic 2015 and to taking it by storm. Clink!
* inappropriate but there you go.
WHAT I WORE: Choies dress (worn as top); Choies skirt; Jennifer Chou shoes; Duchessa earrings
The past year marked several milestones in my life, opened new doors, brought about and took away relationships, tested my faith in a few people I love, steered me in an unexpected direction and, as bemusing as it might sound, left me in a constant quandary on what in the world do I do with my life. I think it's safe to say that 2014 took me on a hell of a rollercoaster ride. But if there's one primary thing that 2014 has taught me it is that as life goes on, we get closer to some people and further apart from others.
People come and go, feelings grow and fade, and friends change and can become total strangers. Sometimes we just grow apart from people we care about. It's sad that you cannot make some people you love stay in your life and all you can do is let them flourish somewhere else, and move on. It's sad that you cannot make them not forget that they once laughed with you, cried with you, stumbled and stood back up with you, shared hopes with you. And before you know it, all that's left are the memories and the feeling of denial that a once cherished friendship is crumbling right before your eyes. Oh, the casualty of growing up. It's a sad and ugly realization that is hard to come terms with, but then, as they say, c'est la vie.
Yet today, I just couldn't be more grateful that I get to spend the first day of the New Year with my family - whole and all well - and that they stood beside me - strong, still and never jaded - all throughout the last 365 days. Today, I'm jam-packed with spirit and enthusiasm to aim higher, work harder and grab this year by the balls*. You hear me, 2015? BRING. IT. ON.
Here's to starting with a clean slate and writing yet a new chapter in the book I call Life. Here's to more adventures and misadventures. Here's to a bright, fantastic 2015 and to taking it by storm. Clink!
* inappropriate but there you go.
WHAT I WORE: Choies dress (worn as top); Choies skirt; Jennifer Chou shoes; Duchessa earrings
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