Dear 2014,
Welcome! I remember when I was welcoming the year 2000 and never imagined I would live to welcome 2014. You see all sorts of crazy things were supposed to happen. The world was supposed to end in coming of the year 2000. Something about the computers not knowing how to switch from 1999 to 2000. LOL! So obviously we are still here but the world not coming to an end is debatable.
In the last fourteen years, we have seen the world end in ways not even the writers of fiction could dream up. There were the tragedies all over the world caused by many different factors such as: massive atmospheric and climate changes which have caused floods and earthquakes more devastating than those described in our Holy Books; children dying due to illness, ignorance, murder, war, starvation and prejudice; new diseases spreading, the likes of which have never existed before; millions perishing in meaningless wars in which the sole purpose is to prevent the integration of humanity across invisible lines and boundaries; and other tragedies, too numerous to share, have devastated the earth and its peoples.
So you can see the world has indeed come to an end. However, depending on how you look at it, it could be a good thing.
Dear 2014, you have the opportunity to be the beginning of a new, more aware and awake world! The world can begin again with you!
While all those horrible things were happening, there were some good things happening too. People started caring about the planet they live on and the food they eat. They started to look for similarities amongst each other and celebrated the differences. They were excited to learn from each other and about each other. They started to see the planet as ONE and people as ONE. In the darkness of war, disease, hatred and ignorance, they had no choice but to reach for a hand they couldn't see. People started to see their interconnectedness and interdependence on each other and now science is confirming all of this. They realized that once you hold the hand of a stranger in the dark, it's hard to hate them in the light.
2014...I am so excited for you! I can't wait to start you off with lots of love for all my family and friends. I know we are each going to make a difference this new year! Fourteen years after the world began to end, it is now beginning to begin again!!!
May each one of us know how much power we have individually and that if we make a mistake tomorrow, on January 1st, may we remember that each moment thereafter is a new year, a new opportunity to begin again and so may we not wait for 2015 to begin again. May we strive to forgive ourselves every single moment we don't get it "right" so as to propel ourselves into an ever advanced and an ever more compassionately evolved humankind!!!
With all my love and gratitude to all of you for a most blessed, most empowered, healthy, happy and most compassionate 2014!
Remember every moment is your moment to begin again! :) <3
Most Sincerely,
Yasi Nafisi
