Back to the Start!

So, the year comes full circle again and here we are once more on this New Year's Eve or Old Year's Day, this Callenig or Hogmanay, this Ambang Malam or Capodanno, this Sylvester or Réveillon, this ole Oíche Chinn Bliana!

Whatever you call it, it's the annual occasion of looking through both sides of time's window, of letting go of what's gone and of reaching out for what's to come. Consciously and in equal measure!

The one thing I like about this day is its perfect positioning along time's arrow - a day when your vision is omni-directional. Today is as much about looking back in time as it is about looking forward to the future.

It is the day when, again, consciously, you pair what is done and gone with what is yet to come - a time where we all realise that what has gone before us helps us to make sense of the road ahead.

As I sup on my grog on this last day of the year, I can only say that, for me, this past year was a mixed bag of ups and downs, of delights and sorrows but I'd wager that yours was pretty similar to mine - as was the one the chap next to you had ... and the one after him!

But that was last year, wasn't it? 2019 brings with it its own promise and, to take full advantage of it, my only observation is that, though you might need to be Stretch Armstrong on a trampoline to reach for them, the stars are always above you and that, as ever, the ending of one thing usually marks the very spot from where to begin again.

So, starting positions please!

Happy New Year!

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