I have never been good at making or keeping New Year’s resolutions…but the past few years I have had a focus word. Two years ago my word was “gather”. It was a year in which I needed to gather my family, my friends, and any strength I could find. Last year was my year to “restore”. I feel like I accomplished very little last year but maybe that is exactly what I needed. My word for 2011 is “Embrace”. I hope to be mindful of embracing each moment of each day…to embrace new adventures and to embrace old traditions. I hope to “take or clasp in the arms…hug” family members and friends more often. I hope to “take in with the eye and the mind” via photography every day. I hope to “receive gladly” new ideas, new sensations, new friends. I hope to “seize” each day.
To start the year off we lost our internet access for a few days and I have to admit that I found it easy to embrace having more time to read and for getting to bed earlier…but I still plan to embrace my love for photography here at Picturing the Year. Happy New Year to all who stop by!
