A Breath of Fresh Air

Last week was a difficult week for me but today I am given the gift of a whole, new, untainted, fresh week and I started my new week with this thought, "Isn't it wonderful how life is constantly giving us new beginnings?"

There is of course the traditional new beginning we celebrate every New Year but there are many others that help us put a bad day, a bad week, a bad relationship... in the past and enable us to move forward with a renewed feeling and a clean slate . Some new beginnings are momentous like a birth or a wedding or a funeral or a move across the country or a move just across the street and some come in more subtle ways such as the sunrise, a new job, a new relationship, or even a new hairstyle.

My favorite new beginnings are Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. Whenever the seasons change there is a tangible electrical charge in the air and also with each season comes a new fragrant smell such as wood burning fireplaces in the winter, flowers in the spring, charcoal grills in the summer and burning leaves and pumpkin pies in the fall and I for one always welcome a breath of fresh air.