“We all have the tendency to struggle in our bodies and our minds. We believe that happiness is possible only in the future. That is why the practice ‘I have arrived’ is very important. The realization that we have already arrived, that we don’t have to travel any further, that we are already here, can give us peace and joy. The conditions for our happiness are already sufficient. We only need to allow ourselves to be in the present moment, and we will be able to touch them.” -Thich Nhat Hahn

I feel the pull of a new year, a fresh start, another chance, a reinvented me. It is shiny and sexy. It promises something better than what I have known before or at least it promises something different. The year stretches in front of me like a verdant wilderness. I’m the eager explorer, the brave pioneer, the hopeful discoverer.

Or am I just the restless wanderer, moving camp so often that I keep myself distracted by change and never have to sit with–really sit with–myself?

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