Happy New Year!
Officially, this week starts the Chinese New Year. 2015 is the year of the Sheep, or Ram, or Goat…depending on what part of Asia you come from.
I prefer to think of it in “sheep terms” and this is why: sheep are impressionable, kind of dumb/peaceful animals, and cannot understand how to walk sideways or backwards. Thus, they are suited to move forward. This is not a bad thing.
Moving forward is what we all need. Transitioning from last year (the Year of the Horse)…and the chaos that it created…it is about time that we have some balance…some harmony…some order and evolution. This is to be a year of change, of progress, of prosperity in both emotional and economical realms. So they say.
The last Year of the Sheep we had was twelve years ago. My mother died on 2/2/2003. I look back on that day, Groundhog Day in the Year of the Sheep, and the change that ensued. You know the legend: Groundhog Day is one where the old rodent comes out of his hole and decides if he’s going to sleep 6 more weeks or wake up and get to it. What a metaphor for most of us! I chose the latter and haven’t looked back. And every year, on 2/2/2003, I ask myself what I plan to do this year: keep sleeping or get to it?
I grew a LOT in 2003, following a year of chaos…of turmoil…of pain. While losing my mom was no picnic…it sparked, in me, a change that has stayed with me, even today. It was the most significant amount of growth I had done so far…or that I had noticed.
Now that I am more aware and paying attention, I welcome change. I welcome growth. I look forward to the mystery of what is ahead. I ask myself every year what “moving forward” means to me? Who wouldn’t want more peace…more harmony…more balance in their life?
No one I know.
Just a girl 