Tonight we will have a "blue" moon to herald our new year. The moon will not be really blue. It is the second moon within one month, and those are typically referred to as "blue". They are rare, hence the phrase "once in a blue moon". The last one we had was in 1990.
For more info on blue moons, you can read this on Wikipedia, or you can go to this article on ABC News.
Also, this is the beginning of a new decade. The last one wasn't so great - globally or personally; but, I'm trying to focus on the good parts and build on those for the new year and decade.
I am reminded of Mr. Dickens who said in "A Tale of Two Cities":
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair..."
I think our last decade *was* a bit like that - for me personally, it surely was. Let us grab on to the best of times, the age of wisdom, the epoch of belief, the season of Light and the spring of hope. Let's make those the things we take into our new decade.
Let's make the good parts happen more than once in a blue moon.
Polla Filia,
J.F.
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