(BTW...This was the very last Calvin and Hobbes strip.)
Ummm if it's too small the captions are as follows...Calvin: Wow, it really snowed last night! Isn't it wonderful?
Hobbes: Everything familiar has disappeared! The world looks brand-new!
Calvin: A new year...A fresh, clean start!
Hobbes: It's like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on!
Calvin: A day full of possibilities!
Calvin: It's a magical world Hobbes ol' buddy......let's go exploring!
And that's how I really view the new year...It's a new day...with new paths to tread and to forge...With fresh adventure to find...
When I think about the year that's past, it's been a wild one for the world. And it's been a hell of a roller coaster ride for myself. Lots of change to say the least. Plenty of things I would rather forget or wish hadn't happened. But I wouldn't take one bit of it back. How else would I have learned anything of importance?
Earlier today it had actually snowed. A nice big wet heavy snow. Didn't actually stick, but the snow definitely caught me by surprise. Yet it was refreshing to see it. One thing I love about snow is that it has this amazing way of covering up everything and making it new. All the dirt and dead trees. The icons of the invasion of our industrialized society like cars are completely covered. And for a little bit, everything falls beautifully quiet. It's a beautiful sound when you live in New York City, to hear the cars stop running. The sound of nothing. It's peace. The snow has covered up everything that was ugly, or that you wish you didn't see, or that was dead, and has instead covered it with its own simple pure beauty.
There's nothing like being the first person to place your footsteps into fresh untrodden snow and be the first to make a path.
So the snow has fallen. Literally. And the past year is now gone. Do I have any resolutions? No. Only the drive to do what needs to be done. To follow a heart that beats with a passion to fight for what's worth fighting for, and a heart that beats with the passion to live a life worth living.
The world right now is that big sheet of white paper full of possibilities. I'm going to write my own story now. I'm gonna draw my own future(in accordance with what God has planned for me of course). I'm going to write the screenplay thats full of life. I'm going to use that canvas to let my imagination run wild in and uninhibited. I'm not gonna color inside the lines anymore. Lines are for followers and the unimaginative. I draw the lines this time around.
So here's to a new start. A new beginning. A new day full of possibilities. I'm gonna go exploring. And there ain't a single thing that's gonna stop me this time. Anyone care to join me?
1 comment:
steady lah =)
Post a Comment