A Little Note to Myself

Dear Blognut,

You are fast approaching the season when you are wont to look back over the past year and evaluate everything you’ve done or not done. You will be tempted to hold it all up to the light for closer inspection, wade through the details, and get all judge-y and harsh with yourself.

While you’re at it, you’ll see some things you did well, some things you didn’t do well, and some things that you are still hoping to finish. You’ll remove some of your old goals from the “To Do List” and you’ll add some new ones for the upcoming year even though you steadfastly deny ever stooping to make New Year’s Resolutions.

If I may be so bold, (and I may, since I’m having this conversation with myself and all), I’d like to suggest, dear Blognut, that you give yourself a little credit, recognize that you are a work in progress, and note that you will always be a work in progress. It is highly unlikely that you will ever arrive in a place called, “Done,” and yet there can be a certain peace found in this traveling. For example, remember the old days when the traveling felt more like you were bobbing around like a cork at sea? Sure, you still have those days, everyone does, but you know, for the most part, that you are where you belong and you are not at all lost. That is peace and progress.

Look around you, my fuzzy blue friend. There is Mr. Blognut right over there to your left, and there is a whole pile of noisy blognutians running about and acting all crazy and weird. They make you happy and whole. They are what matters most to you. And look at your friends! For you have some very, very good ones, you know? You have both the bloggy and non-bloggy kind who make you laugh ‘til you cry, or sometimes cry ‘til you laugh. Either way is fine – they are all wonderful people.

My point? You have what you need, Blognut. Focus less on the actual timelines, and more on the growing. Do that, and things will continue to fall into place. You had a good year and a lot to be thankful for; there is no reason to think that 2010 should be any different.

Happy travels!

Peace to you,
Blognut

This blognut is planning to take a few days off to enjoy the Christmas holidays. I wish you all the best kind of holiday season whether it is Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Donut Day. Know that I will be around stalking your blogs from time to time and you are never safe from my watchful, googly eye. See you all in the New Year or maybe a little sooner!