A healthy snake will shed skin once a month.
Prior to ecdysis a snake’s
Skin is dull.
Eyes become cloudy.
Nervous behavior increases because they cannot see well.

In some human cultures ecdysis happens Jan 1st.
Shedding poor behaviors or pounds, renewed lifestyle habits are common themes.
Reasons vary and may mimic those of the snake.
Feeling dull. Vision is cloudy. Anxiety from lack of vision.

Drastic change may increase nervous behavior.
A friend who gave up sweets would attest to this.
Is establishing an annual deadline the root cause of some anxiety?
With an ambitious list, another friend fell off the resolution bandwagon before of January’s end.
“That’s it, she exclaimed. “The boat has sailed. Maybe next year.”

The exciting concept for renewal is,.. we don’t have to follow a calendar.
The dock awaits our arrival continuously.A ship of possibility ready to set sail.
Opportunity for growth exists daily in every precious moment.

Artists grasp this fairly well.
Blank canvas or page anticipates creation.
A brick of clay, a slab of stone takes shape from the sculptor’s hands.
Each project is a vision of renewal, of growth.

For the snake, even eye pockets are renewed when skin is shed.
With unclouded sight, we are free to imagine, dream and begin.
Begin it now.

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