The clock strikes midnight
Are you ready?
Do you realize
You are given a gift
A new day
A new year
A new chance
To begin again
To wipe the slate clean
To see the world with new eyes
To trust your heart
Instead of the tired voices
In your head
To take the leap of faith
That has always beckoned you
My new year’s wish for you
(and for me)
Is that we realize
That the most precious
And sacred moment
Is not in the distant past
Nor somewhere in the future
Because
That moment is here
Now
May we embrace it
May we surrender to it
At last
May this new year
Shower you
With outrageous blessings
May you discover
Delightful magic
In each of your days
May your fondest dreams
Come true
Such that you pause…
And ask yourself,
“Is this Heaven?”
Before hearing
A still, small voice
reply,
“Yes, it is.”