Some light for the New Year

Belinda Mello

December 21, 2021

AT Thoughts

I want to wish wish you a happy new year. I’m not sure, however, what that phrase means this year. The ring of those words has changed. Hoping and wishing feels naive and “happy” feels downright risky!

Undaunted, I’m wishing you some light for the new year to come. I’m imagining you, lighting a candle or watching the sunrise color the sky. A moment like that. Or a quiet moment when there is space between the noise of the room and the noise in your mind. In that light or that space, I hope you recall moments from this past year that brought you joy.

Can we take some light into this next year.? We really don’t know what we will encounter.
But I am making plans, wishes, hopes… and space to just not know. I look forward to not knowing with you.
See you in 2022.

Belinda Mello is a member of the Alexander Technique Liberation Project and ATI, International
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