New Year Blessing from Corrinne May

Now, I sit at my desk in Los Angeles, the rain pouring
outside my window. Same weather, different place and time.

Hard to believe that one year is gone and another is just
around the corner.

So much of our lives parallel the turn of the seasons.

We plant our hopes and dreams and new resolutions on New Year’s Day
and nurture them, the promise of spring brings the promise
of hope and new adventures…the energy of summer brings
a renewed vigour to our pursuits, the fall brings with it the harvesting
of fruit and in the chill of winter, we are left with our reflections on how we’ve spent
the past year of our lives.

I am thankful for this past year.
I am thankful especially for the way you have supported my dreams and encouraged my pursuits with your smiles,
your listening ears, and the way you’ve shared reflections on your lives with me.
I am grateful to each and everyone of you.
Thank you for nurturing this flame.

I pray that with this coming year, you may sow many lovely dreams,
many seeds of hope that will take root, blossom, and be harvested.
May every gift that you have been given, multiply and be shared.
May the work of your hands be blessed and be fruitful.

And may every reflection on the past year, be a source of wonder
and inspiration for the new year.