Happy New Year! Hopefully a safe, happy and healthy one for all 🖖.
Like so many people, I've come through a year charged with alternating hope and sadness. I start the new year with a repaired literal heart, and recovering from my open-heart surgery, which was both painful yet rewarding. I still cannot turn to put on my seatbelt without hurting something, but I am at least alive, and able to get about and do the things necessary to live. I see this as a hopeful metaphor for us coping with a new and worrying political regime in the US, and concerning changes in the whole world. It's not what we wanted, we who care about humanity, but we still have our lives and where there is life there is still hope.
None of us can change the world, we are limited in our reach. But what we can do, we do, those who care about our fellow-travellers. We reach out to those in our families and communities, offer our love and support, and we do not turn away those who need succour. I encourage everyone to spread your arms to reach out to all you can, and feel as they do the same for you.
This past year I have written so much on so many topics, almost three things a week on average. Some ha been personal, some informational, but everything is story and I've sought to share some of my feelings, hopes and concerns alike in that all.
I am considering running a couple of quests again. I hope to do a Brevity Quest in February, a LieQUest in April and I've been mulling over a quest connected with my nodeshell challenge, a quest in which if you fill one of my nodeshells, i will fill something of your choice. Í'd like to hear your thoughts on that, so please message me with your ideas.
for this year i want to continue to fill in the gaps of knowledge here,and continue to share my story. All of you have become part of my story as part of this community, and outside of this website there are many others who have given their love and support to me. I've a close friend whose former wife just died and i need to go and reach out to them and offer my support. I've another who's just been diagnosed with cancer; same, i want to be here for him. Another's mother suffers with some medical issues, I keep in touch with him too and give what i can at adistance. To the beloved friend who bought me a stuffed polar bear, i am so grateful for your gift. it's more than a mere comfort to me; as you know i use it as a protective pillow when I need to cough or sneeze (my chest is healing but still hurts) and he comes ith me in the car to sheild by healing wound from the seatbelt pressure. Know you're a blessing to me, and that i cherish you.
Thank you all for your love; I wish you all the best for 2025, be happy and safe and above all remain hopeful and reaching out to others, because each of us has some pain that needs relieving. for those struggling with illness or loss or pain, i extend my love. 🖖 live long and prosper, keep yourselves safe and healthy as best you can; you're all valuable and precious.
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