“Auld Lang Syne” is an extremely old  Scottish song first written down in the 1700s and associated most with  Robert Burns whose transcription got the most attention. A good translation of the words “auld lang syne” is “times gone by.”

It seems to hold true that time waits for no man, as the saying goes, but somehow we still can get stuck in it. The past can be a black hole tugging incessantly, keeping us turned backward, away from seeing what is right in front of us.

The key to stopping the tugging is to just Let Go. Letting go in a black hole may have consequences similar to prescription drug warnings, but in our daily lives, dealing in this manner with the “stuckies,” the “tuggers,” and the plain old “fearfers” actually propels us forward.

 

The calendar just reset to January

“January” is named after the Roman god Janus. Janus was the guardian of doors and gates; he presided over new beginnings.  He also had two faces, one on the front of his head and another on the back.

The vast majority of us optimistic time travelers grab our chalk, and with conviction, author our new beginning full of resolutions. Our smiling countenances looking forward towards the sun as the outer face we show the world. Meanwhile, on the back of our head, we stare at the untipped hour glass full of the grains of past sand. It is up to each of us to flip it and let it flow.

You see, I have a theory, the reason our pending resolutions are so easily erased from our chalkboard of possibilities is because we are still looking back, allowing the tugging of doubt, the stuck situations of pain, the paralysis of fear to stop us from moving on.

It is okay, perhaps healthy, to view the past, and certainly to learn its lessons, but it is a time stopper, a life stopper, to get sucked into it. This year, 2015, write those new beginnings, flip that hour glass over, and completely let go of times gone by. Live in the now, be the present YOU, embrace the love and light of each new year, month, day, hour and second because time waits for no man.

 

Winter photo contest

Like us on Facebook, then enter our Winter Photo Contest for a chance to win one of three $50 prizes! Enter in one or all three categories; 1) winter recreation in Cass County, 2) photos of people at work in Cass County, and 3) cultural and performing arts in Cass County.

 

CeeCee Wilson, organizer, Cass Can Community and writer/photographer of Quirky Bella