Happy holidays!

happy new year!

i've always felt regret pointless, though i can think of lots of things i would have liked to have had work our better.
not that i've ever been the most brilliant, but looking back,
there are few real choices i've had that could or would likely have resulted better then those i had to pick from among at the time.

at any rate i notice things that touch everyone as much as those which confront my own life,
not that i ever can or do what amounts to anything about them.

so time has passed and now i'm just an old guy who makes pictures.
i'm looking forward to all the things i hope, and there's bound to be some of them that will,
change for the better for all of us.

so cheers to the day when the recent past will be long past,
as that such days well come, is one thing we can know,
whatever touches each of us along the way.

there are many magics, and which will prevail, as they weaver their strange and wonderous ways between each other,
keeps life entertaining, even when not always amusing or gratifying.

i ramble as old men have the legend to do,
all by way of wishing a happy and better new year to you.

yet regret is a natural response, the choices i made in my youth were ones that almost ended my life when it all became too much, im at a stage where im far stronger and comfortable talking about it but many dont know about this, mistakes that are causing life in its current state to be in a state of flux, i know ill get through it but the game of endurance isnt a easy one, the only thing keeping me moving forward are the better life choices im making that im getting older and maybe a little wiser

thanks for taking the time to reply in such detail as it says to me that you were listening to my rambling and giving the best advice you can give and encourage nothing but positive, i deeply appreciate it

Hugs and love to you