Dear 2017,
First off, thank you. Thank you for teaching me the importance of letting go, moving on, and opening up. Thank you for teaching me how to be happy alone and embrace all of the new things around me. Thank you for showing me a world full up people who want change and work for it. Thank you for bringing the world together in ways we could never have imagined. 2017 has been one of the most incredibly amazing and confusing years of my life, and I would not change a thing. It is easy to say 2017 was a horrible year, but honestly you taught me so much about myself and life in general. So again, thank you.
Dear 2018,
Please be good to me.
Be good to my friends, my family, and in the world in general. I hope 2018 is the year we all want it to be at 12:00 A.M. when we look up at the fire works, kiss somebody, or just sit at home in our pajamas. Be the year as full of hope and dreams in November as you were on January 1st. Let 2018 be the year we learn to accept and love unconditionally. Let 2018 be the year we accept another and raise each other up. Let 2018 be the year we power past prejudice, intolerance, hatred, and so much more. Let 2018 be the year we decide to better ourselves and the world around us. Let 2018 be the year we open our hearts to love and to change. Be the year we cure illnesses and find hope in unexpected places. Be the year we look back on fifteen years from now with a smile and full heart. I hope you are all of these things and so much more, 2018.
Here's to a year where we all open our hearts a little more, remember to enjoy the little things, help our neighbors when they fall, and love life no matter what is thrown at us. Here is to 2018 and all the crazy, hopeful dreams it still holds.