Cheers 2019

”Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind, should old acquaintance be forgot for auld lang syne. For auld lang syne my dear for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne.” Robert Burns

Recently my daughter sang Auld Lang Syne with her classmates at a holiday performance.  I’ve always thought it had a beautiful melody and despite humming and mumbling my through it because I’ve never learned the lyrics, it’s always struck something emotionally in me as goodbyes often do.  My heart strings were certainly plucked to hear my daughter sing it....another year gone by.  How is it possible that’s she’s already 10?!!!

Life moves in cycles from beginnings to middles to ends with all sorts of overlapping happening simultaneously.  As we count down to 2020, we are are biding farewell to another year gone by.  Some goodbyes are up to us and others not.  Some happen swiftly and some not swift enough.  Some endings are clean while others are messy.  With goodbyes we may experience neutrality or a variety of emotions from happiness and relief to sadness or anger.  

Tonight, we’ll all bid farewell 2019 (whether we stay up for the stroke of midnight or not!).  Before we transition into the New Year and this time a new decade, saying goodbye and affirming that which has past can support us in letting go of another year and transitioning with a bit more lightness and ease into our next cycle.

Here are some questions you may wish to consider.  What have been some highlights in 2019 for me?  We’re there any significant events that occurred?  Were there any influential people who were a part of this past year?  Are there any important goals or achievements I made? What was the greatest thing I learned this past year?  What challenges and joys shared happened in 2019 and with whom did I share them with?

Thank you for being a part of my past year and for the memories we’ve shared.  Cheers!
~Annie Jacob