It’s hard not to get excited about new beginnings. The age-old question: How different will I become? What of me will stay the same?
With 3 decades of living under my belt, I know enough to know that I cannot predict those changes… Will I become the type of person who flosses every day? Who wakes up early to exercise? Who cooks healthful meals full of antioxidants on Sundays and individually packages them to be consumed throughout the week? Someone who knows which foods have antioxidants?
Teachers know that the time before the school year starts is the most hopeful, the most filled with resolve. It is the time when all things seem possible. Every new year has the potential to be the best year ever (even the ones that turn out to be the worst.) Mercifully, we don’t know ahead of time which it will be, otherwise we might not persevere…
I know enough to separate my hopes, aspirations and elaborate, Stand and Deliver-type fantasies from my realistic predictions of how life will be. But I also know that, realistically, this year is going to be special.
Although this is the second year I haven't had to start back, I still had a cleaning fit, as always, the weekend before school started!
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Looking forward to catching up on your adventures thus far -- love you bunches!