Where do we go from here?

This is a new year filled with all the possibility of new beginnings. New hopes and new dreams, new goals and new resolutions. This is the time of year that we can be hopeful. Something has to go better this year than last year. Still, a new year brings with it negatives too: new failures, new disgraces, new screw ups and new crazy. So, where do we go from here?

Forward. We go forward. But how?

Courage. Courage, friend, and we'll be okay. In the words of Satellite, "We've got to find a way to love again." While we have the chance, let's love again. Let's learn to love each day and its possibilities. Let's learn to love each other. Let's learn the importance of not being alone, and the support of community. Let's learn the magic of finding passion and doing something we love. Let's learn to move forward, to stop dwelling on the past and just live.

It's hard, I know. Trust me, I know. I know what it's like to wake up and feel like the weight of the world is on top of you. I know what it's like to be heading to the door and have a wave of panic rip through you without consideration for how well you were doing that day. I  know what it's like to sit on the floor in a ball, rocking back and forth as if the motion will somehow make you forget the emotion and the tears streaming down your face. I know. And I know you know. But, we can't give up. We can't let our demons win, because we deserve to live. We can do this.

Courage.
And we'll be okay.

with hope,
pat