What we wish for

Possibly as a result of all the extra contemplation I have been doing recently, I have become more aware than normal that thinking is something we traditionally do during this period - as we weigh up our experiences to date and look forward to the coming year. We take stock and perhaps decide on things we'd like to change or try in future.

My biggest problem at the moment is I know pretty much where I want to be as a person, however I still feel a remarkably long way away from it. Getting there often seems to be like swimming back to shore against the tide, on a hot sunny day at the beach. The surroundings and the method seem okay, but it's bloody hard work and there's that little thought at the back of your mind that panic is going to set in if you don't keep your head.