A New Year's Open Letter

Dear people,
It's a new year and that's awesome. That means new potentials, resolutions that will be successes and many that will be left  behind tomorrow. I think that it is great that we like to see a new year as a fresh start but, BUT I beg of you a few small things:

 -do NOT forget 2016 and all the years before, all the good and the bad, the pain and the smiles, the things that angered and drove you to want 2017 to come asap do not forget that, but instead hang on to it and use it to make 2017 better
 -do NOT blind yourself to all you became aware of last year just because a new year has arrived. Stay aware, become more aware, educate yourself and others.
 -DO practice more patience and kindness and acceptance. Move past acceptance and learn to just be and love others.
 -do NOT expect 2017 to magically be better than 2016, you and I have to MAKE it better and that's starts with each of us every single day.

 I challenge you:
-to become colorblind
-to use less gender specific terms
-make less assumptions
-support your kids no matter which toy they want or color they want to wear
-don't judge someone by the dirty clothes they have on at Walmart that day or the way they didn't give their kid the candy bar they wanted at the check outline
-don't hop on every angry bandwagon that others roll by your doorstep
-be more educated about the world, your world, our world than you were last year
-stand up for someone when you see someone else judging them
-be a constant act of kindness and don't always share it on social media
-make sure people around you know you love them exactly as they are and are there for them when they don't love themselves for exactly who they are
-when you say hey how are you expect a real response and try to always give a real reply not just the general "I'm good, you?"
 -smile more
-cry when you need to cry
-ask for help when you need help
-judge less
 -care more
-make change
 -fight with kindness and love not with hate and violence

 WE are the only ones who can make 2017 what we wanted, what we needed it to so badly be after 2016. Only YOU can start NOW!

 Happy New Year World! Let's make it all it can be but never forget 2016!
 ♡