the year of the mend.

have i wished you a happy new year yet? happy belated new year! it's still only march, i think that well wishes for a happy and healthy year ahead still hold validity, no?

i'm actually glad to address the new year at this point. three months in, far enough to check up and see if you have been sticking to your resolution and still early enough to get back on that wagon if the answer is no! i can honestly say that i have been lagging quite a bit in that department but that i am more than hopeful, i am certain this year will be better than the last, and here is why:

one thing that i have been doing is maintaining the truth in the title i have given twenty-ten: THE YEAR OF THE MEND. no, i don't mean sewing, (though perhaps maybe a little because i have been meaning to get back to my days of self taught amateur seamstress) in fact i mean mending relationships. i have not burned any bridges in my past, just found them to be a bit rickety, but this year i have vowed to walk across these bridges and meet people half way.

can i tell you, it feels GOOD. no matter what anyone has done to me in the past, there is a huge sense of relief in saying "i forgive you" or even "let's forget about it" because the truth is that if you ever loved them enough to care so much about your relationship, there must be a part of your soul that misses them, right? i'm not saying that everyone needs to go and jump back into relationships with people they have severed ties with. in fact, that would be a terrible idea. people part ways for reasons, always. and there are people who are cancers in each other's lives and no, we should not let those viruses back in. what i do think though, is that if there is a mend possible in a situation, do it now. if there is someone you have been thinking about and would like to clear the air with, do it before life takes hold and time flies by and you feel like it is too late. meet them halfway across the bridge just to say "you know what? you're okay" and then walk back to your side with that huge weight lifted off of your shoulders knowing you are a good person who let go of whatever animosity you had in you.

the year of the mend, pass it on!

off to fulfill more resolutions,

madeline.