Why White Plates Are Important for The New Year
What? White plates? What does that have to do with anything? Well, somehow white plates became an important symbol for me, I want to tell you why and hope that you find your symbol for the New Year.
I'd been shopping for plates for quite awhile - about 6 months. I looked at round, square, colorful, plain, heavy ones light ones - there were too many choices and I simply couldn't decide! Then I found these modern, white, simple square plates. The versatility and longevity of them appealed to me, so I purchased them - yeah finally!
So today, I took a carload of items to donate, and inside a box were my old plates. They were chipped and worn, some were missing. But more than that they held memories from the past, memories that were not healthy, not positive, not good. They had been a wedding gift more than 10 years ago, and every day they seemed to just be there - staring at me - reminding me of what had been.
As I handed them off to the donation center, and drove away I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. This wasn't really about plates at all. Letting go of the past allows us to move forward to our futures, and I needed to do that. More over those white plates represented a clean slate in my life. A fresh start.
As the New Year begins I wish not only my friends but also those who have not always been friends at all - peace, and joy. Why you ask? Why would someone wish their "enemies" joy? Because it's time to let go, it's time to heal, it's time to start fresh. Dear Past, Thank you for all the life lessons. Dear Future, I'm ready now.
Tonight I'll raise my glass of champaign and toast my plates, my new love, my new life, my discovery of joy. I hope all of you do the same.