Out with the old....

Okay, here it is. The last day of 2007 with 2008 just 12 hours away. WAIT! STOP! I'M NOT READY!!! I haven't even packed away the ornaments. I haven't put Santa back in his box(es) for storage in a cool dry place for yet another year. And there are still Christmas tree cookies calling my name. YIKES!

Slow down. Be still my racing heart. Breathe deeply and repeat after me - "There is enough time. There is enough time." Why does the New Year engender such panic in me? I guess there's a (very unrealistic) part of me that still thinks I need to 'get it all done' before I can move on to the next thing. Well, time to let go of that one.

I'm taking a deep breath and enjoying the ordinariness of the day. This is just another day of many, many days. Just because the calendar says 'end of the year,' I promise not to fall prey to feeling like it's an ending that's set in stone, the end of the world, last chance, last day. I'll remember that it's just one more day on the calendar, and that in those oh-so-famous words, 'tomorrow IS another day' it will be followed by another, and another, and another.

Wow! I have plenty of time to get things done. What a relief!

Happy New Year!