A Delicate Balancing Act

Out with 2012.  In with 2013.  Not much will change when the clock moves to straight-up midnight and the first day of the New Year begins.  Well, except that I will have to try to remember to write 2013 instead of 2012.  Most likely, I will mess up a few checks before I get that settled.

The evils of war, and homelessness, and violence, and bigotry, and slavery, and greed, and poverty, and other stuff will continue.
The joys of peace, and family, and brother/sister-hood, and freedom, and generosity, and other stuff will continue.

Maybe the best we can hope for is, as Carlos Castaneda said, "to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive."

So, in 2013 the balancing act will continue.  It could be made easier, I suppose, if we were to do some simple things like relax a bit more;
be a little nicer and kinder;
be a tad more gracious and thankful;
get out of our comfort zone a bit more often;
and be in conversation with the Creator more than in 2012.

Maybe we could just show up for the New Year and do our best.  Our very best.

Maybe we could take our cue from Gandolf (in the movie, The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey), who said, "Its the little things, the caring things, the loving things that count in life."

Well, 2013 is here...so just show up, give your very best, and struggle with the balancing act once more.

At the very least just don't, you know, go over to the dark side.