Happy New Year ~ 2017!!

  What is hope that fills your heart and lights up your soul - that keeps your soul flame burning? What is your hope? Everyone in some way shape or form finds the gift of hope given from different things. Sometimes it is that perfect cup of coffee, or the smile of a stranger, the light of a candle on a dark day, a gift from a dear friend that is totally perfect for you, sometimes it is the blue sky or a moment of beauty that sears you deeply, feeling truly loved, feeling safe, accepted and known. Hope is vital to life. Without hope we perish and it is visible in our eyes, the windows of our souls when this death is taking place. There have been times in my life where I felt that things were bleak and my outlook held very little hope. I was joking to my sister just the other day about how if she needed advice about cancer, miscarriage, children with special needs, adoption, marital issues, attachment issues, loss and grief...I had her covered and we laughed.. but it reminded me that there were so many hours I felt void of color. I felt so dark inside and dead and so very sad and it was awful.
  Right now in my life that is not the case. I feel like I am rising from ashes and it has been such a slow process. I am resting more easily inside, the anxiety doesn't grip quite as intensely and I feel like I am laughing more. I don't want to take this forgranted. I have no idea what this next year will hold. I usually dread what another year holds. I don't feel prepared for all the challenges and needs but as this new year arrives I am trying to focus on just today. I hope as this next year starts for you no matter where you are at in your life ~  that whether you are brimming with hope or there is just the tiniest seed buried deep ~ that this year will bless you with good. That the surprises, the challenges, the dark and light will not see you overwhelmed and hopeless. May the peace that passes all understanding guard your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus.
God bless you and Happy New Year xo Tansy