I'm not really very superstitious at all. I meet Friday the 13th head on. I don't freak out about broken mirrors. I'm not a scaredy cat when it comes to black cats. Now, I don't walk under ladders, but that's because it's just not safe. I don't particularly believe in luck - I believe in blessings. I don't count on wishes - I count on prayers. (Birthday candles and shooting stars are exceptions, however.) I don't believe in magic, but I do believe in miracles.
I do, however, have some superstitious feelings about the going out of the old year, and the coming in of the new year. There's just something special and magical and lucky and wishful about a new year. The old year is just..well, just so last year.
So that I don't bring any dirty laundry into 2014 with me, the last load of laundry is in the dryer now. I don't need any dirt from my past cluttering up my future, so the floors have been swept. I'm over all that garbage, so the trash cans have been emptied. On New Year's Day, we will do no laundry, do no sweeping and will not take out the trash. Those acts could interrupt the space/time continuum and alter the course of the whole year. We could unwittingly wash someone important out of our lives, sweep our good luck right out the door and trash our hopes and dreams. I just don't need that kind of nonsense following me around for a 365 days.
For good luck and prosperity, we'll have black-eyed peas and cabbage for lunch on New Year's Day. I'll kiss my Sweet Hubby Ryan at midnight to ensure warm affection for the coming year. I'll keep my thoughts positive and my words encouraging, so that the year will be filled with accomplishments for my family and friends, as well as myself.
Yes, I make resolutions. Every year. It's part of the superstition, I guess. I need to write down my intentions, in order for them to stick. I always start out with great intentions, too, just like everyone else. I can't find my list from last year, but I know it included going to the gym (I've been pretty steady at going two to three times a week!), making a point to perform at least one random act of kindness per week (that one has been pretty easy), writing in my journal and reading the Bible every day (those haven't held up as well). There were some other things, but I sure can't remember what they were. I'd like to say whatever they were, they have become so much a part of my life that they're now just habit. I'm pretty sure if I did say that, it would be a big fat lie. I'm certain I just forgot about them after a week or so.
This year, I resolve to a) commit to going to the gym at least four days a week, b) cut at least 85% of processed foods from my diet (cake will not leave the diet for good) and c) read one non-fiction book for every fiction book I read. I have a few more, but they are for me only. After all, these are MY resolutions.
In just a few hours, this year will be over. Looking back, I'd say it was a pretty good year. Last year's black-eyed peas worked. I'm one lucky girl.
Much love, many blessings, good luck and Happy New Year!
~ME:)
What are your New Year's Eve and New Year's Day traditions / superstitions?
What are your New Year's Eve and New Year's Day traditions / superstitions?
