Yes

Yes.  Let "yes" be the first word of this new year.  Let this self-affirmation ring.  Let me believe in possibility once again.  Let hope radiate from within and ripple outward into the cosmos.  Yes, yes, yes!

And yes, I'm back from a wonderful vacation.  I'll probably be writing about it soon.  But, in the meantime, I just need to say to myself, "Yes, this is good." ("This" being everything -- the person I am, the multiple intersections of time and space where I find myself.)

First photo of the year, of my shadow rippled in gold, of the warm Atlantic waters lapping at my feet: