dear glo-isms reader,
well, my year of daily devotions is quickly coming to a close. it's hard for me to put into words the feeling of this particular moment -- content, appreciative, gratified. i suppose these are normal feelings when facing a new year, but this one is special because i set out to chronicle my every day and ended up with so much more.
for one thing, i discovered that even though i love to write, it's not always easy to write. but when the words finally did come (since they had to in order to fulfill my goal), i'd often surprise myself. i could start out in one place and end up with something else entirely, allowing my fingers to find the way.
each day started out as a blank screen and by every night i would have filled it, somehow. on good days, i could relay my activities in detail; during harder ones, i could simply wipe them clean, start fresh. sometimes my thoughts turned to memories of my childhood, like telling a story. other times my writing turned out like a journal entry. with every post, i gained insight not only into myself and the way i live, but my outlook on my life and what i see. because, really, although this is a conclusion in a way, it's also just the very beginning.
how does that lyric go?
"every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." --semisonic, closing time
thank you for sharing this journey with me, and especially to my husband who lost many a night's sleep throughout this process.
cheers to this beginning's end, and always, to new beginnings.
happy new year!
with love,
glo
well, my year of daily devotions is quickly coming to a close. it's hard for me to put into words the feeling of this particular moment -- content, appreciative, gratified. i suppose these are normal feelings when facing a new year, but this one is special because i set out to chronicle my every day and ended up with so much more.
for one thing, i discovered that even though i love to write, it's not always easy to write. but when the words finally did come (since they had to in order to fulfill my goal), i'd often surprise myself. i could start out in one place and end up with something else entirely, allowing my fingers to find the way.
each day started out as a blank screen and by every night i would have filled it, somehow. on good days, i could relay my activities in detail; during harder ones, i could simply wipe them clean, start fresh. sometimes my thoughts turned to memories of my childhood, like telling a story. other times my writing turned out like a journal entry. with every post, i gained insight not only into myself and the way i live, but my outlook on my life and what i see. because, really, although this is a conclusion in a way, it's also just the very beginning.
how does that lyric go?
"every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." --semisonic, closing time
thank you for sharing this journey with me, and especially to my husband who lost many a night's sleep throughout this process.
cheers to this beginning's end, and always, to new beginnings.
happy new year!
with love,
glo
so reminds me of Julie and Julia! esp the part of you going "thank you to my husband who lost sleep cuz of this" haha.
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