Blwyddyn Newydd Dda – Happy New Year! Now I know that we are already a week into 2022 and for some New Year seems quite some time ago but for me it only feels like a new year once the festive decorations are down and packed away. It has also allowed a few days to reflect on what has been and consider what is to come with a year full of potential.
Potential. I love that word – so full of positivity and promises of good things to come. Even though it’s only early January, I see the land full of potential all around me. The large furled buds on the magnolia, the tiny ruby-hued buds on the azaleas, daffodils pushing their leaves through the soil and small flowerheads on the bay. So much life waiting to burst free. In the orchard although the trees look cold and bare, once you get up close to them again you can see new life already springing forth, ready for another cycle of buds, flowers and fruits. There is potential in the apiary where my bees are already preparing their hives for new life, collecting pollen and making honey. There is potential in the fields where my pregnant ewes are enjoying some winter sunshine. There is potential in paddock where my hens, although currently in ‘flockdown’ will be providing their wonderful golden yolked eggs.
Whilst it’s important to see the potential all around us, it is vital to acknowledge and nurture our own potential and the potential of those close to us. Often people do this via the New Year’s resolutions that are made (and frequently broken) each year. We promise ourselves so many things – going to gym, eat healthier, stop smoking, lose weight etc but then find these things difficult to achieve or maintain – I know I’ve been there many times. This year I want that to be different – I know I have less days ahead of me then behind me and I can’t add days to my life but what I can do is add life to my days – each day holding the potential to be magical. Whether it be an adrenaline adventure, a walk in nature with my family or just appreciating what I have, I will strive to put life into my days. Each day dawns full of potential and I promise myself to notice things that make me smile, things I think are beautiful and things I am truly grateful for and bring these to mind before I sleep.
May 2022 bring you health and happiness.
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