Now is the time to pause in silence;
Now is the time to make peace with ourselves;
Now is the time to consider well our ways and lives;
Now is the time to admit that we have been lesser than we might be;
Now is the time to hold before us what we might become;
There is no time like today; there is no hour like the present;
There is no moment like this one.
We look back on this year and the years that have been.
For each of us there are memories that sadden;
Others that gladden our hearts. All these are part of life.
The year has ended, let it go.
And so now we pause, balanced on the edge of a new year.
Live deeply. Learn much. Play the game with zest.
Do not wallow in the past. Face the future unafraid.
We are only here for a short visit.
Don't hurry. Don't rush.
And don't forget to smell the flowers along the way.
Have faith in the long new year given us.
It is a blessing and we are the blessed.
We know we must move forward; we cannot go back.
Now is the time to anticipate the year ahead,
For in the book of our lives the pages are blank,
Full of hope and promise.
May we be ready to receive them.
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