As the mind finally clears and any leftover haziness has passed...it is a perfect time to just be. 
To reflect on the basics of the past and what is going to be. To scan over ever the so calculated, yet somewhat dramatic, resolutions made and just smile. Smile because you know deep down inside not all of them will be fulfilled and some have not even surfaced. Smirk because there is a small piece of you that yearns to inhale the smoke of a cigarette or savor one last moundful of cake...and laugh because as hard as we try, or want to be, we are not perfect nor ever will be. It is the imperfections in life that help create who were are, center ourselves and lead us in a direction we are meant to travel. Embracing each imperfection helps to make changes never thought possible. Without the downfall of what was, what is would never be. I strive to continue on a path that embraces the imperfect while perfecting what is...as long as there is faith, love and laughter the rest will come. 


I read the quote above and was so intrigued - Take a chance...because you never know how absolutely perfect something could turn out to be. Being on the path of change, it is amazing to reflect that change comes with chance...the chances we take are what bring about change. Scary- yes but not being scared only delays a change and cradles what is. So just as we start to see change evolve is when the focus is shifted to chance(s) which is what we really never take enough of. 


Happy 2012...challenge your limits. Take a chance. Do something that was never expected- whether it's a splash of red, thin line of blue or going nuts, creating an entirely new masterpiece morphed from the drops of color left behind. It is the beginning of another new year, a clean slate, and now more then ever it is time to stop reflecting and start exploring. Happy 2012- Make it count. Make it last. Make it UN-fucking believable!