dailydatewithgod

As we head into the end of the calendar year there is lots of discussion about what a rough year it has been individually and on a global level.  Since this is the only pandemic I have experienced in my lifetime I do not know the course of these things.  I only know based on the experiences in my life that most things do not follow the same kind of calendar that is on my computer. I am all for the hope that things will change and move in a better direction as we head into a new year.  This time of year as we head into a new season (in the northern hemisphere it is winter) we recognize we are at the cusp of a potential fresh start.  There are thoughts of what to let go of and what to carry with us into the new season or calendar year.  I can’t say I am for the idea of the pandemic continuing but I somehow think it will not resolve itself overnight.  In recovery, I learned and practice to the best of my ability the philosophy of One Day At A Time.  In truth, it is all we have.  The reality is each day we stand at the cusp of stepping into a new experience.  We know it will hold change and possibility and some of the same as the day before.  We get to choose at the cusp how we want to be with whatever shows up. It is the same as we close one year and enter another.  The cusp is simply a demarkation reminding us of our power to choose and create our experience whether it is a moment, a day, or a year.  I do not know what will come with 2021 but as I stand at the cusp of it I pause and reflect on who I have shown myself to be in 2020.  I want to bring what I have learned about love with me and use it as fuel to make choices in 2021.  I will ask God to help me let go of my ways of being that have pushed love away in 2020 and the courage to embrace the humility that comes with a desire to love more fully.  The cusp of a new year is an opportunity to reflect and remind ourselves we stand at choice every moment of our lives especially the ones that cannot be measured by the time clock.