句点。新年。For a most special friend

The full-stop is an amazing creation.

The language before; the language after.

It speaks of a whole experience prior,

And it speaks of the end of that.

What happens after could be related.

Or it could be of closure and newness.

And hence, there is an end to the past.

Before the start of another.

“Let Go and Let God” comes to mind.

It is easy to utter this, sometimes too casually.

The actual process is tougher; the living it through can be excruciating.

That’s when the humble full-stop comes to mind;

句点and its 含义comes alive.  

And that’s when I say that Chinese New Year is so good too.

Because both speak of a new beginning.

The Chinese New Year gives us a second chance.

No matter how much we foul up Jan 1,

The Chinese New Year comes again,

Like the passover, with the blood of the Lamb.

To remind us that the year ahead can still be good.

To remind us of new hopes, new dreams, new beginnings.

It is like the humble full stop.

The old has passed away; behold all things,

Have once again become new.

So I will take heart, and I know you will too.