Happy New Year’s Day!
New Year’s has to be one of my favorite holidays. I say this not because of the recent New Year’s Eve movie (which was GREAT, thanks for asking), but because any holiday which invokes the spirit of fireworks is always on my top ten list.
Fireworks amaze me! Not just for the sheer pleasure one gets from blowing something up, but for the symbolism behind it all. This sort of annihilation and destruction of one aspect to result in rebirth and the beauty of sparkles. It’s just magical!
New Year’s provides the opportunity for change, and no growth is had without change. This reminds me of the Nietzsche quote “the snake that cannot shed its skin must perish”. Life is full of death and rebirth cycles. Death to an old form that has played itself out… one we no longer have use for. There’s a circular movement, and through each incarnation of death and rebirth, we evolve.
No death, no life
No death, no transformation
New Year’s seems to be the apropos time for us to shed our skin and emerge with our new self, our tweaked spirit which is more in line with our true self. We emerge in the form of our true gods and goddesses, filled with power and readiness to take on the world.
May the feeling felt this New Year’s stay with you throughout the year! Live 2012 to the fullest! Kill it!
Carpe Diem
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