I stayed in my pajamas all day yesterday. Did not change until I went to bed when I put on fresh ones.

What a gift.

To spend the day relaxing. Reading. Napping. Chatting. Playing crib. Spider Solitaire. Sure, we cleaned the kitchen, did the dishes, put away the clutter from Christmas Day dinner. Made turkey soup, fed the animals, but other than to go to the fridge in the garage to get the turkey carcass or to take out the recycling, neither C.C. nor I ventured outside. Ellie had to settle for brief forays into the backyard — it was so cold I doubt she’d have lasted long on a walk anyway!

Sometimes, the only way to make a difference in my own life is to simply checkout of the ‘big life’ out there. To step back from doing and simply be present to the ‘undoing’ of the moment. To relax into the space I’m in and feel my way through time, moment by moment.

It was refreshing. Invigorating. Enlivening.

And today is a brand new day. A new space and time to create, to live, to experience. A new moment to unfold.

In this space, I am exploring what to do with this blog come January 1, 2013. The intent of A Year of Making a Difference was to write about making a difference every day for a year. As 2012 draws to a close, I wonder… is there more?

And I know there is. There is always time and space and room, as well as the need, to make a difference. To reach out and be of service to the world, to others, to each other. There is always space for difference making.

The question is, how will it unfold in this space? What will A Year of Making a Difference 2013 look like?

As someone who has written a daily blog every morning for almost 6 years, (Recover Your Joy) I am kind of addicted to the habit! But, as someone with a book waiting to be finished, and several projects on the go, is daily blogging the answer?

I’ve got a few days to think about it. To ponder my path. To sit in the presence of the answer unfolding as I let go of ‘making it happen’ and make way for it (whatever the ‘it’ is) to happen. I know the ‘what’ of what I want to do. It’s the how I need to allow room to appear.

In the meantime, I’ve got a structure free day to explore. Coffee with a friend, perhaps a nap. Some writing and some cleaning-up (I didn’t ask for clutter for Christmas but I sure did seem to get a lot! Where does it all come from? Where will it all go? 🙂 ) And later, C.C. and I are going on a date. Dinner. A movie. Some delightful shared time together.

It is in the shared time, the together time, the just ‘you and me babe’ time that the difference in our relationship is known and made and felt.

I am so blessed.

Hope your day unfolds in joy and wonder. Hope you know the blessing you are in the world is a gift to be treasured and celebrated.

Namaste.