Gung Hay Fat Choy!
That means "Have a prosperous and good year." Today is the Lunar new year and yesterday, we hoofed it up to Chinatown and participated in the Year of the Snake festivities here in Seattle. We had sweet seats, got to get eaten by the dragons and lions, and were seriously jostled by the huge crowds.
I participate in several "new year" celebrations in my life. I do Rosh Hashanah, which is the Jewish new year (also on a lunar calendar). We participate in Chinese New Year, and of course, the Gregorian calendar new year of January 1st.
It's sort of cool how there are so many times a person can start over, start fresh. However, if you think about it not in terms of calendars (because, really, we make those. We humans.), but in terms of time and space, every second is a possibility to start again, to renew, and start over.
You don't need party hats, firecrackers, champagne or apple and honey to mark your new beginning. You just do it.
Gung hay fat choy,
Dani
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