Potential

I like the concept of resolutions. I see them as a point at which one can step back and try to better themselves. While in the past I've made lofty goals and insane plans of certain, unobtainable success this year I'm happy to report that my excited feelings for the new year might actually be aimed correctly. Instead of the do this and don't do that mentality that comes with my nature to plan life down to the wire, I've come to the conclusion that its the potential that drives me forward. This potential I embrace whole heartedly. Plans are made and broken; the exciting notion revolves solely around the ever present potential to live your dreams, see new sights, feel new things, test your comfort and take yourself to greater heights. While I hesitate to call this a revelation, it is albeit a feeling that I'm welcoming as it settles in. 

The combination of dreams, desires, necessity and commitment prove challenging to navigate on their own but as a collective potential the concept seems much easier to embrace. There is no point in isolating one component from another. Life is a jumbled mess but it can be taken as a complicated, depressing struggle or as a fascinating, exciting and risky endeavor. For this year I choose the later. 

I'll accept the things I cannot change but I also won't sit one the sidelines wishing and dreaming for the stars to one day align. I'll make mistakes, apologize when needed; alternately stepping forwards and backwards alongside the cues. I'll embrace the things I love with out doubt or logic but let go if I need to as well. It is ultimately little more than the potential that excites me, if not for one thing then another. Life is too short to waste wondering.