Happy 2015!
This post starts five days into the New Year to give us a chance to have made resolutions and determine which ones have a chance at being kept. May your resolve be strong so your resolutions are kept...at least until next week….hey, baby steps...baby steps….
This year will mark the 150th anniversary of the end of the US Civil War with the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox and also the 150th anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
As a nation with cries of “Black Lives Matter” continuing to ring, we will mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Selma and the longer march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights for African-American citizens of this country.
For those of us whom are of a certain age, this year will mark the 30th anniversary of the film “Back to the Future.” I went to that film with friends, one of whom was able to get the keys to her parents car to take us there...sigh…..
For 2015, I want to ponder more and slow down.
For 2015, I want to pay attention so, I am “dazzled at least ten times a day.”
For 2015, I want to give time and effort to important relationships in my life.
For 2015, I want to get in balance --- in spirit, physically, mentally, work and play.
For 2015, I want to be more about honoring the two sacraments of my faith tradition --- baptism and communion --- and therefore spend significant time near water and at table in shared community.
For 2015, I want to participate frequently in what Anne Lamott calls the “sacrament of the lawn” and blow bubbles and play catch with any and all takers.
For 2015, I want to linger longer in the places where there is magic.
For 2015, I want to commit deeper to the labor for justice whenever, wherever and whomever.
For 2015, I want to listen to more stories and tell more of my story.
For 2015, I want to be bold.
There’s my list….five days in…..how goes it with you?
sj;