For Today and Tomorrow

New Year's.

A time for endings and a time for beginnings.

A time for nostalgia and a time for dreams.

A time to lay things to rest and a time to start anew.

There is so much hope in tonight. There is so much hope in tomorrow.

Hope to leave behind everything you wish you could forget.

Hope to create something better in the days to come.

Maybe this year has been a lot more difficult than we intended or than we wanted. And who knows what this upcoming year holds. It could be the worst year ever, or we could make it the best.Whatever kind of year it has been and whatever kind of year it will be, there is still time.

There is still time to fall apart.
There is still time to rebuild.
There is still time to be confused.
There is still time to figure it all out.
There is still time to love.
There is still time to be loved.
There is still time to hurt.
There is still time to heal.
There is still time to be scared.
There is still time to be courageous.
There is still time to ask questions.
There is still time to find some answers.
There is still time to start over.

A year ends and a year begins. Everything that we hated about 2015 can be left tonight. The hurts, the regrets, the bad decisions, the dark times... we can leave them all behind. We can let go, that's the beauty of a new start, it's new. Some of us need that second chance.

A chance to heal
To be better
To learn
To love
To understand
To be brave
To figure things out

But sometimes that chance seems bleak, or seems to fall through. But maybe 2016 can be a year of chances and grace. To let ourselves fail. To let ourselves start over again with grace rather than shame. To let ourselves commit to a cause and stick to that commitment. To let ourselves be rather than stress about always doing. To let others commit, fail, and start over. To give others grace. To let others be rather than hold them to impossible standards.

This year is a chance for so many things to happen, so many good things. Even if we fail, or if others fail, there are still so many good things awaiting us. No matter what is behind us, this night and this next morning are reminders that things can better. It doesn't matter what 2015 or 2014 or 2013 had for us, it doesn't matter how bad they hurt us or how many times they knocked us down. What matters is that 2016 is new, fresh, blank. It can be whatever we want it be. It can be a chance for us to get back up and begin on an adventure where we are always facing the horizon of what's next.

Tonight is a chance for the sun to set and tomorrow is a chance for the sun to rise.

Make the best of this chance, make it matter.