My dearest
readers,
it is a new year, 2015, and it is about time and
right to have things flowing and going again. A year ago I labeled the new year
“a new adventure,” one that is within; but this
year, this time I want to focus even
more on the fact that the adventure is already going and flowing and does not
need you to get it all started. It’s on and you’re in it, because your ‘new’
adventure is like a good story—and a good
story always starts in mid-action.
The stage is all set, spotlight’s on you, and everyone is waiting for
you to perform. All the time and nerves and effort you spent were in the past—necessary
steps to make you climb up the center stage and rise and shine when all eyes
are on you and the good story begins, with you, the protagonist, in mid-action.
Your year does not begin with genesis and then goes on with
Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality,
no. Your year begins in mid-action with you
being the protagonist who is ready to roll, all set to claim his or her spot
and in the grand finale get what he or she was striving for. And that makes a good story your good story.
But in no
good story everything goes right all the time. There are obstacles over
obstacles to overcome, temptations and habits to resist, fights to be fought,
and evil forces to withstand and defy…and your ‘antagonist’ may come in all forms and shapes.
However, it is your obligation, your responsibility to prove and show, who the
true hero of your story is. You’re in it already, in medias res, in mid-action ready to get and take what you
dreamed of; and in your story I don’t
think you want to give any antagonist
the time of day to get in your way. That does not mean there won’t be any
obstacles, yet does it mean that you shall be aware of what lies in your way, be confident about overcoming just that, and further know who has the leading role in this adventure that is not so new
anymore.
2015 is your adventure, your good
story, blank pages and spaces waiting for you to start writing. In mid-action
you already are, your heart and determination got you there. And your tenacity
handed you a fountain pen with a golden and ornamented hand-crafted nib just
waiting for your ink of dreams to hit the pages and start writing with every breath you take. What will be your
story? Will it be a comedy, or a tragedy? Will it be cathartic in the end?
Well, that is for you to decide, because what
will be written is all in your hands, for you are the hero, the
protagonist, and the writer—and you get to take action and write your good story.
But in all the writing and taking action and
fighting the antagonist(s) and getting things going be aware that your story
did not begin in twenty fifteen and will likely not end in December. This
year started in mid-action and in mid-action it will depart. “Don’t wait for
the calendar to figure out when [you] should live life” (Gene Simmons). It’s always time to live a life and write a good story, so the day will come for your grand
finale when you will defeat the antagonist and be victorious and live happily
ever after.
