January 2023 Blog
2023: A Haiku
This I
know: as this
Year
passes, it will not leave
Me
where it found me.
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
(1/1/23)
Whatever the year brings,
it will involve change. I feel it in my bones. Of course, I’m not sure of
better or worse, richer or poorer, or sickness or health – but it will end
differently than where last year left me.
It’s become my New Year’s
resolution. I will not have another year like the last two. I’ve started by
writing this today and vowing to write every day this year.
I also highly resolve to
get organized so that I’m on top of things and can avoid the surprises of an
overdue bill I never opened in the first place or a reminder of an appointment
I have today that I forgot to write down months ago.
Knowing that life will
surely throw me curve balls during the year, I don’t need to add my own brush-back
pitches to the mix.
I would wish and hope for
world peace and health in 2023, but that may be reaching too far. I might even
wish for sanity in politics and in people getting along with one another, but
that’s way out there.
What I do wish for each one
of us is peace and love in our own lives, including our loved ones. I wish for
happiness and success in our endeavors, whatever they may be.
We surely deserve better
than we’ve gotten and seen in the last two years. I won’t even list the
problems and the disasters (natural and manmade) mostly because I don’t want to
add to the longevity of their memory.
I know I can’t expect
sunshine and clear skies every day to sit outside and blithely write to my
heart’s content. I would just love to not spend my days putting out fires (if
only just figuratively).
I’m sure we could all use a
breather, and I wish us contentment as well – not complacency, but true
contentment in our lives.
I would much rather
relegate the daily horrors to my writing. I would much rather my friends be
frightened by the pages of my books than the pages of the newspapers.
And, speaking of writing, I
think I’ll wrap this up and edit it and post it. So I can get ready to go
outside and write tomorrow and the next day and the next – and send Sam Rock on
his way to the publishers.
I am so looking forward to
this entire month of writing. The New Year has started. Again, it’s onward and
upward.
Please, feel free to check
out my eclectic selection of books on Amazon. The list will surely grow this
year.
https://www.amazon.com/author/annwilmerlasky
Until next month, read and
write to your heart’s content, and remember we deserve to be much happier this
year.
As always, I welcome your
reactions and responses to any of my blogs. I love to hear from my readers.
Also, here are links to my Twitter and Facebook accounts, if you care to share
your thoughts with me there or look for my publication announcements. They will
surely be forthcoming this year.
https://www.facebook.com/ann.wilmerlasky
It’s now January, the first
month of 2023. Eleven more months to look forward to. Let’s make it a good
twelve months.
