I don’t usually bother to make New Year resolutions. As best as I can tell, I haven’t done so for at least the last three years. It has always just seemed so arbitrary to make large changes and big promises on a day that, in reality, isn’t any more important than any other. I just felt that we as a society should be able to make changes whenever we need them and that waiting for some special day to do so was just a crutch. I still think this is true, to some effect. But I’m also beginning to understand the true importance of ritual, celebration, and social unity. I am starting to realize the necessity of patterns and the importance of outward representation of inner change.
2010, art, cherish friends, dance, emotional drains, emotions, expression, fatherhood, feel good, forgive, forgiveness, friendships, less stress, limitations, love, love hard, loyalty, make out, money, outside, photography, religion, resolutions, risks, rituals, smoking, social, spend less, spending, stop worrying, stress, stress free, support, trust, waste, what if, worry
Most nights, the easiest way for both of us to get my daughter to sleep is to lay down in bed next to her. We’ll read a book, then turn out the light and sing a few songs. Then we take a deep breath and relax into sleep.
It’s so comfortable that, usually, I end up falling asleep myself. Which means that I tend to be up at odd hours of the night and for most of the morning.
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