Mid-Action

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.