It's the end of another year. Time to reflect on what has passed, focus on new beginnings, 'new year, new me' and all that jazz.
I could write about how 2018 has changed me. I could write about how 2018 has changed the world. I could write about new beginnings. I could write about new challenges.
Life. It's a series of years. Time keeping. Every day. Every hour. Every tick-tock on the hands of the ancient wind-up clock. Time marches onwards continually. Time moves from 2018 to 2019. Another year is on the horizon.
2018
a year
365 days
another trip around the sun
i don't need to write about it
we're all here
we've all lived it
instead
i want to write about
a series of moments
all that life is
my dad has spent 365 days
climbing the hill
just for the pure thrill
the year of the trig point
demonstrating how
life is now
it's just a series of moments
all joined up
pieces of a great puzzle
as vast and wide as the ocean
people and places
pieced together
no matter
what the weather
slotted
and aligned
one day at a time
until you look back
and see how
a whole year
has passed
from cold snowy winter
to a long hot summer
spent skipping
through the long grass
moving moments
drifting
untethered
and free
wandering endlessly
and all just because
it is possible
because we can
It's the end of another year. Time to reflect on what has passed, focus on new beginnings, 'new year, new me' and all that jazz.
I could write about how 2018 has changed me. I could write about how 2018 has changed the world. I could write about new beginnings. I could write about new challenges.
Life. It's a series of years. Time keeping. Every day. Every hour. Every tick-tock on the hands of the ancient wind-up clock. Time marches onwards continually. Time moves from 2018 to 2019. Another year is on the horizon.
2018
a year
365 days
another trip around the sun
i don't need to write about it
we're all here
we've all lived it
instead
i want to write about
a series of moments
all that life is
my dad has spent 365 days
climbing the hill
just for the pure thrill
the year of the trig point
demonstrating how
life is now
it's just a series of moments
all joined up
pieces of a great puzzle
as vast and wide as the ocean
people and places
pieced together
no matter
what the weather
slotted
and aligned
one day at a time
until you look back
and see how
a whole year
has passed
from cold snowy winter
to a long hot summer
spent skipping
through the long grass
moving moments
drifting
untethered
and free
wandering endlessly
and all just because
it is possible
because we can
the life of man
these days i'm measuring
not by distance
but by experience
between each step
there's a new found freedom
it's flying away over the hills
riding on the wind
dancing upon the mountaintops
these days i'm measuring
not by time
but by the colours
the sky gifts me
the number of aeroplane trails
blazing across the blue canvas above
the wisps of cloud
high and motionless
or coursing through
the wide-open spaces
way up high
these days i'm roaming
discovering a new kind of path
standing firm and tall
battling the wind
observing the scattered rays of sunlight
lit upon the ground
something i've found
-a bond between
myself
and this place
where i'm running
pieces of me left here
long after the clouds
give a friendly chuckle
and explode
tiny shards
rain drops
pound the earth
between every footstep
i'm uncovering my worth
there's a silence
between
each breath
a silence
full of answers
with just as many questions
here i am
a dot upon the map
a tiny speck
in the vastness
of it all
but also
i am whole
this earth fills me
so i am full
so full
full to the bone
a dot
but here
or there
wherever
i'm at home
i don't understand
how running
gives me so much
when i ask for so little
i have a body
heart and lungs
limbs
that long to run
and so run i must
there are magic moments
hidden in every movement
running
releases my curiosity
out into the world
running
lays down
an open road
ahead
i must go
find my flow
here
i will grow
spinning spinning
it doesn't matter
whether you are losing
or winning
i'll always be
begging for magic
a life without movement
that would be so tragic
the journey
it's simple and pure
always gifting us
with so much more
this earth
it's here
at this moment
always
at your feet
all you have to do
is move
go
you don't know
which dreams
or passions
you may meet
we're always
part of the whole
connected
be wild
and unearth
your inner child
this year let's
get back in touch
with who we are
humans
let us
eat our greens
and also
be among our greens
the world
it is out there
it is now
the earth is held together
by a series of tightly stitched moments
the tall trees
touching the sky
notice them
and soon
you will reach out
like their branches
and become
part of this
universal grounding
especially when your
heart is pounding
in your chest
you will realise
life doesn't have to be
quite such a mess
because
you're not running
in the countryside
you are a part of it
you're not in the hills
you're part of the hills
you're not in your body
you're part of your body
moments
like the trees
and their thousands
of uniquely shaped
colourful leaves
look outward not inward
open your eyes
as wide
as the stars
and see
you can journey
so far
if only you have the courage
to believe
in all that you are
and all that could be
you are free
2019
i want to see
with a new
sparkle in my eyes
a world
that has always been there
a year measured
not in days
but in ways
movement creates
these stories
moments
linger on
there's always
more to come
no matter how much
you think
you've already done
a small side note
which is in-fact
quite large
a huge heartfelt
thank you
to all the people
who made 2018
a special one
you know
who you are
you are all stars
which light up
shine bright
and glow
through the darkest nights
the tears
and the fears
the laughter
and the smiles
the dreams
the joyous mountaintops
and the deep dark valleys
the movement
and the stillness
it's all necessary
it's all part of life
i am grateful
for it all
2019
it's okay
to go slow
and find your
own flow
follow your dreams
live your life
remember
all is not
as it seems
the sun
continues to shine
please just look
outside your window
notice the universe
oh – how it beams
and so
2019
i could write
'new year, new me'
and all that jazz
but instead
new year
it's just
same old me
dreaming endlessly
//
PS: If you've made it this far, thank you for reading and I hope you've enjoyed some of my babbling thoughts this year. Thank you to each and every one of you who continue to support me no matter what. Family, friends, old and new, near and far... I treasure you all. These connections are what makes life so wonderful. 2019 is beginning and we all have so much potential to do brilliant and brave things. Step out into the world. Open up your eyes. How amazing it is just to be so wild and wonderfully alive. 2019. Let's live. Happy new year to you all. Wishing you all a healthy and happy 2019.
Heidi x
//
PS: If you've made it this far, thank you for reading and I hope you've enjoyed some of my babbling thoughts this year. Thank you to each and every one of you who continue to support me no matter what. Family, friends, old and new, near and far... I treasure you all. These connections are what makes life so wonderful. 2019 is beginning and we all have so much potential to do brilliant and brave things. Step out into the world. Open up your eyes. How amazing it is just to be so wild and wonderfully alive. 2019. Let's live. Happy new year to you all. Wishing you all a healthy and happy 2019.
PPS: I can't finish this post without saying a huge thank you to the companies and businesses who have supported me this year.
inov-8 - thank you for helping me to #getagrip in all the places and over all the mountains and trails my feet have taken me this year.
RWGMobile - thank you for keeping me connected at home in Mid Wales and beyond.
And finally last, but most certainly not least, a special thank you to Justin and Judy Baird-Murray at The Metropole Hotel here at home in Llandrindod Wells. The access to the Rock Spa gym and swimming pool facilities has been so invaluable this year - especially through the dark days of injury. I'm forever grateful to have this support network here in my hometown.
And now this is me signing off until next year, with a heart full of so much gratitude and warmth. See you in 2019...
With love and dreams
always, Heidi x
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