raise your glass to resolutions.

i'm writing this sitting on my back porch in the bitter cold, staring up at the moon. there is something so magical about nighttime here. maybe it's the way the moonlight hits the trees or maybe its the fact that behind me is a forest i could get lost in for days. either way it entices me, like so many other things in life. like gold sparkle nail polish, fuzzy sweaters, C.S. Lewis, and new years resolutions.

new years resolutions.

while most people tend to give up things for the new year, i think i'll take a different route and instead add things to my list. (and by list, i don't mean 'bucket list' because i already have one of those). 

no, this year i'd like to add words to my list. words like fearless. chance-taker. these are the words on my shelf i've always been too short to reach for. instead, i make dew with letters my height; cautious, over-thinker, over-analyzer. 

now, while these are by no means bad words...they do have a way of caging a person up like a lion in a zoo. and while i love the zoo, i love the lions more, and think they should be free. just like me. and my heart you see? ha

while i don't have some magical ball or a random stack of terra cards that will predict the future. and while i may not know what scenes will come out of 2011, i do know that my approach to life will dance to a different tune. i'm sick of running the other direction. i'm ready to take chances.

i hope this a year to remember. please 2011, be good to me. 

live.laugh.love

not just one.

but all thee above.