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Yeah, I know I should be posting about New Year's ...and Happy New Year's in case you missed last post.

But was rather surprised by this passage in the middle of a romance novel by Loretta Chase. It's a historical and takes place in the 1800s - 1828 or thereabouts. The heroine is a magazine and adventure writer. The hero - a reluctant Duke and a bit of a rake. He asks her to marry him.
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Happy 2012. In with the new out with the old. Although for some, the Jewish New Year started a while ago, and the Chinese New Year is sometime in January.

On Facebook one of my friends posted an article about following one's heart instead of one's head by a gal who got a position as a litigator at a top law firm, after graduating from Harvard, but was miserable, so quit her job and published a self-help book because she preferred writing and is now a life coach. I think the article would have been more inspiring if it were someone who had more to lose, who was struggling to make ends meet, or had been unemployed for years and finally got that job - that was a grind, but pursued her dream on the side, and finally, FINALLY, after years, got a book published, a job as a chef, a painting bought, or just managed to persuade someone to get an anti-immigration law overturned. This gal, I thought as I read the article has had it too easy...she really never had to work THAT hard. School came easily, work came easily, and so did her dreams. I'm odd, but I always find the people who fall down the mountain, jump up and try to climb it again more inspiring.

Following one's heart isn't as easy as it sounds. I keep trying. ( Read more... )

My goal is to let go, move forward, and leap...into possibility. Faith in an achievable better tomorrow is in the end all any of us has to go on.

Have a Happy New Year...embrace change, embrace possibility, embrace life...wherever it may take you.