A New Chance

[pjthompson]

"Compassion is hard because it asks us to dethrone ourselves from the center of our universe."

—Karen Armstrong, theologian


Here's to a new year in which we're not afraid of compassion and of feeling the things we feel.
Here's to a new year in which we say the things that need saying and do the things that need doing.
Here's to a new year in which we aren't afraid of hope, even if things seem hopeless.
Here's to a new year in which we work towards peace, even if it's the most elusive thing in the world.
Here's to a new year in which we strive for tolerance, even when intolerance is the reigning glory.
Here's to a new year in which we listen, really listen.
Here's to a new year, a new chance, a new opportunity.

I wish you all new chances, new opportunities, new hope, new glory, compassion, peace, tolerance, courage, and someone who really listens.

Burn all your regrets and leave them behind in the old year.

Happy New Year.