A New Year, A New Dawn

A fresh (re)start?

I walked outside this morning to greet the first day of 2023. It was warmer than expected. Mist rose through the trees as the sun sent its glowing beams towards me. The landscape was beautiful, calm, and peaceful. This seemed like a good sign.

I could be wrong, of course. I was wrong at least once before, or so I’m told.

Still, I’ll take whatever good I can find and hold onto it as long as I can. As one gets older, one understands death might reach out its withered hand to lead you away to the underworld at…