The season of renewal
“In the depth of Winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible Summer.” ~ Camus
2012 is looking slightly different than it was just a few days ago, I went ahead and pulled the trigger on my conscience and it told me, “You know what to do” and so done. The road ahead I claim as my own.
My friend Matko in Zagreb said the same thing that Camus said, I need those two weeks on the coast to renew myself and bear the rest of the year. But it is understanding who you are during that time on the coast, the body that walks your soul along the ocean and listens to the waves, and feels the sunshine in your face, and knows inside that we are all truly free.
It’s Christmas morning on the bayou. The TV fireplace is going, the pine incense is burning, the Wedgewood tree is lit along with the window menorah – no one is stirring (except the crazy cat). Soon Aunt Jerri will bring over the drum set she is giving Tin and we will pour our eggnog and eat our tortilla española and raise our glasses to another year. Another opportunity to be more of ourselves and to be grateful.