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“Begin again.

Begin again.

Every year
Every day
Every moment
Begin again.”
― Shellen Lubin

“Your worst fears are just that, fears.
All you know, all you have done
is always there with you,
will always be so.
Nothing is lost when you leap--jump in--
with openness to the great whatever.”
― Shellen Lubin

“The beauty of beginner mind
is the quality of the experience
of wonder, of gratitude,
of joy in all that is
and all that is
to come.”
― Shellen Lubin

“The beauty of beginner mind
is in the quality of the experience
and the ability to take all you know
with all your sense of wonder and possibility
into discovery...

Begin again.”
― Shellen Lubin

“I go to one of my favorite Instagram profiles, the.korean.vegan, and I watch her last video, in which she makes peach-topped tteok. The Korean vegan, Joanne, cooks while talking about various things in her life. As she splits open a peach, she explains why she gave up meat. As she adds lemon juice, brown sugar, nutmeg, a pinch of salt, cinnamon, almond extract, maple syrup, then vegan butter and vegan milk and sifted almond and rice flour, she talks about how she worried about whitewashing her diet, about denying herself a fundamental part of her culture, and then about how others don't see her as authentically Korean since she is a vegan. I watch other videos by Joanne, soothed by her voice into feeling human myself, and into craving the experiences of love she talks of and the food she cooks as she does.
I go to another profile, and watch a person's hands delicately handle little knots of shirataki noodles and wash them in cold water, before placing them in a clear oden soup that is already filled with stock-boiled eggs, daikon, and pure white triangles of hanpen. Next, they place a cube of rice cake in a little deep-fried tofu pouch, and seal the pouch with a toothpick so it looks like a tiny drawstring bag; they place the bag in with the other ingredients. "Every winter my mum made this dish for me," a voice says over the video, "just like how every winter my grandma made it for my mum when she was a child." The person in the video is half Japanese like me, and her name is Mei; she appears on the screen, rosy cheeked, chopsticks in her hand, and sits down with her dish and eats it, facing the camera.
Food means so much in Japan. Soya beans thrown out of temples in February to tempt out demons before the coming of spring bring the eater prosperity and luck; sushi rolls eaten facing a specific direction decided each year bring luck and fortune to the eater; soba noodles consumed at New Year help time progress, connecting one year to the next; when the noodles snap, the eater can move on from bad events from the last year. In China too, long noodles consumed at New Year grant the eater a long life. In Korea, when rice-cake soup is eaten at New Year, every Korean ages a year, together, in unison. All these things feel crucial to East Asian identity, no matter which country you are from.”
― Claire Kohda, Woman, Eating

“It is your attitude, your choices, your habits, your companions, your values, your faith, your resolve, and your diligence that shape your future.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich

“The arrival of New Year heralded a symphony of riveting colors awakening our inspiration, as the world is our canvas, our profound souls becomes inspired when the brushes of good deeds and triumph of our love make their way into the heart of beloved .”
― Dr. Tony Beizaee

“A new year is to hide the old scar by hoping to heal the new ones...”
― Munia Khan

“We love the pending future for its mystery, anticipation, and endless possibilities. But remember: how the future unravels is largely an up-to-you thing.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich

“Then what is Durin's Day?" asked Elrond.
"The first day of the dwarves' New Year," said Thorin, "is as all should know the first day of the last moon of Autumn on the threshold of Winter. We still call it Durin's Day when the last moon of Autumn and the sun are in the sky together. But this will not help us much, I fear, for it passes our skill in these days to guess when such a time will come again.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“Happy new year, make resolutions, have faith, keep going.”
― Santosh Kumar

“Why wait until New Year's to create a new you?”
― Jen Selinsky

“When you enter the New Year with longing for the old year, you break the heart of the New Year and you ethically forfeit the right to ask for new things that the New Year can give you!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“If we think of the New Year like a Santa Claus, his most useful gift for you is to give you a whole new thrill, a brand new shake-up to do what you couldn't do in previous years!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Gabby fell in love with the Christmassy decorations in
New York City. She had always loved the winter and the snow
but celebrating this season in the big city provided her with
endless reasons for joy. She had never seen so many elegant
decorations on every public or private building before. Gabby likes all the wreaths on the front doors; and she enjoys observing
the colorfully decorated Christmas trees set up in the front
windows of houses and apartments.
Emma and Gabby attended the famous ceremony, the
lighting of the huge Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. The
atmosphere was exhilarating." Part IV, Chapter 4, Holidays”
― Desislava Kaludova

“There has never been a ‘New Yearâ€� that has managed to become 'new' if the mistakes of the old years are repeated!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“What can an old house hope for in the New Year? What a new house can hope for in the New Year, the old house can also do them, because the universe we live in has a structure that can make things happen that will never happen!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Each new year presents a yet unshaped time for us to become greater or lesser versions of our current selves. May yours be a great one.”
― C.A.A. Savastano

“New Year, may our hearts open up to the salubrious world of harmony, and let our vision be enlightened to extract the best out of our differences.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“Going on a year long sleep, see you in next year!”
― Atlas Gondal

“Chaos Theory teaches us that the key to the future lies in the sensitive dependencies among present conditions. Small changes in the present conditions may lead to drastically different outcomes. As we start a new year, take the time to reflect on those small positive changes you can make in your life. Sometimes very little is needed to make a happy life. - Tom Golway”
― Tom Golway

“You don't need a fantastic New Year, you just need a happy New Year. Happy New Year!”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“In order to see the future, you need to believe it. Happy New Year!”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Don't make next year, this year.
Happy New Year!”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“You can't escape the old year without starting a new year. Happy New Year!”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“If you don't believe in miracles, then you're not going to like 2023.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“2023, is the year that smiles turn happiness into a reality.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Same Old, Game Old by Stewart Stafford

On the first day of the new year,
Chronos's roulette wheel rolls,
Seeing the thermometer do 60,
Scraping shadows off the fridge.

Teddy bear plays hide-and-seek,
With a giant, grey beast that barks,
And an elephant with a rainbow gut,
But some things should go AWOL

Dinner plate talismans bring cheer,
Windfall greens and Jupiter peas,
Coins tossed in an oracle's grotto,
Marching into the fog of life ahead.

© Stewart Stafford, 2023. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“May God crown every day of the New Year with his goodness.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Thank You, Lord,
For a new day,
A new month,
A new Year!!”
― Charmaine J. Forde