They say when life hands you lemons, make lemonade, but if you're anything like me, you ruminate on why you were given the lemons to begin with. I have been sitting here thinking of all the wonderful things that have happened to me this year, and there have been many, why do I ruminate on this now, because it is close to the celebration of my new year.
It is time to determine those things I am going to hold close and dear and those things I am going let go of and give to the goddess, removing from my life forever. It's a big step, much like resolutions are supposed to be, and so I find myself thinking over the past year and trying to view it objectively rather than emotionally, it's a big step.
This year has brought me together with close friends I thought I had lost, and I've made new friends, some great, Jeff and Lisa, and some complete charlatains, Mark, and I ask myself if I regret any of them and the answer is invariably no. I have learned from and grown from all of them. No matter how much the friendship has broken my heart, I have learned a lesson from it and I will carry that lesson with me for a lifetime, for that I am thankful.
So I guess in my own way, this Samhain season, I am taking the lemons and making lemonade.
