the first day of the rest of your life....

The best year of your life begins today.

-- Alan Cohen

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Yeah, it might be January 1 today, but that psychological line in the sand doesn't mean much to me. It's Christmas and my birthday and New Year's Day every day pretty much, which is why I like the sentiment in Alan's quote. It's a more palatable spin on that phrase from the 70s, today is the first day of the rest of your life. Which is true - I guess the backlash was for the new age haze that hangs around it. As a matter of fact, it's really the first second, or the first minute, of the rest of your life, all the time, since any time an epiphany happens, there you go again being a different person.

And that word "best" - that's a potential eye-roller too, but whatever. To borrow from Keri Smith's latest blog entry, "Some days don't you want to shout out loud, Wow, this is an amazing incredible trip! I can't believe that I get to wake up everyday and get to do it all over again. fuck yes. Let me experience all of it."

Fuck yes.