Sometimes we get obsessed by sadness and nostalgia of time passing. We sing "Auld Lang Syne" and count our regrets and failures, but we also have an opportunity to explore a new year with new opportunities and new obstacles, new acquaintances and new heights to climb.
This year I'll face some new challenges in "the home." I'll remember the "way things used to be," and create an identity that includes the way things are going to be. This is called "growing up." Here at "the home" most of us don't want to grow up. Most of us want things to be the way they were. We have memories that contain our ideal life. Growing up means we will never repeat that life--it's a great memory and we can claim the things we learned to help us through this new stage, but the time that has passed has taken the former life with it. Growing up is the only option.
That's not quite true. We can hold to the past, and become bitter, and stagnant, but we lose the ability to achieve and accomplish and experience joy.
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