I am glad that 2016 is almost over.
For me, one of the few great things that happened was that I published three books: The Dragon's Boy, The Vine, and We Are Both Mammals. The year was peppered with negative events, but if I can keep publishing books then I will know that I am on the right path. I'm aiming for a general pattern of three per year.
Reader, I don't know where you are placed, but I hope that you have hope. If 2016 was wonderful for you, that's great; if it was not, then I hope that you will keep fighting. The quickest way to make the future worse is to stop fighting in the present.
2016 was a horrible year for many people throughout the world.
If you are reading this, congratulations: you survived.
You’re still here, and in a few hours 2016 will not be. Do you know what that means?
It means you win.
Mourn for the bad, then turn your thoughts to the good. Find as much peace as you can. Celebrate whatever things, be they tiny or large, bring you joy.
Whether or not you feel victorious, you have won. And next year you get another shot at whatever monsters plague you.
May 2017 be better for all of us.
