The Year of the Rabbit

Lucky Moon Rabbit

The Year of the Rabbit will be a gentle year, a time to heal, transform and to be kind and pure to ourselves and with each other. Taste and refinement are valued, comfort desired. Money can be made easily but also spent easily.
Appreciate the small pleasures of this year, and use the time to heal, relax and mend fences. A good year for diplomacy and re- connecting. Discretion and persuasion will be more effective than force in the Year of the Rabbit

Happy New Year...

It seems a bit late to be talking about a New Year- not that I've just woken up from some serious partying (I did have a few glasses of very nice wine, which was the first drink in a year and a half!)- but I guess I couldn't really write something at this time without giving it a mention.

For a person like me who frequently forgets what day of the week it is; New Year is really not that different- it's just a measure of time and if it wasn't for the madness and fuss that's made over the whole festive season- I would be none the wiser as to when the year had begun!

Like a lot of individuals on the planet, I did indulge in the reflective-pondering-life-and-all-that's-in-it thing on the days leading up to New Year- no matter how hard I try not to; and I always end up getting a bit emotional! Sad to say, but I always feel slightly relieved that I got through another year without any major sad/ bad event occurring- there was a time, where it seemed like one bad thing after another was I'm still 'clearing out the cupboards', (and believe me there is a lot of junk to sift through) but I do greet this new year with a slightly (ever so slightly!) more optimistic view, than before.

I haven't made any big concrete plans for this year, as experience has taught me that this can potentially lead to heartbreak when they crumble in the later months (cynicism default!)- so as usual I'm going for the more flexible-leave-it-in-the-lap-of-the-gods option- and hope that they're smiling on me this year!

 Best Wishes for 2011!