Every Day is New

2010 ended with an array of lucky foods. We had a dish called redneck caviar, made from black eyes peas and fresh salsa ingredients. Eating black eyed peas represent acquiring wealth in the coming year, so I should be loaded next year. Then we ate meatballs and crab cakes because they are round. Round foods represent, that all things are cyclical. So if bad stuff happens good stuff is sure to follow.
I began the year with cheers and kisses. I began the year with fireworks, and watching friends dance and then fall on the floor giggling. We all had the feeling of a new start.
What makes the year new? Is it like new socks or new blue jeans? Better after it has been worn in. No, I say it is more like a new bra best before it has ever been washed. There is this idea that a new year lets you start over and begin again. Just like the end of a yoga class where you lay in savasana, (corps pose) letting go of any holding and starting fresh. My mother says she loves the morning because the day feels new.
What a wonder to perceive the world as new every day. I think that will be my resolution for this year. Each day will be new along with my opportunity to be kinder to myself and those around me.