“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” Isaiah 43:19
I used to be a very religious person, not so much now but having learnt the bible off by heart when I was a youngster certain passages pop into my mind at appropriate moments.
This verse was what came to mind for the New Year, for 2024.
Last year was a particularly difficult year for me personally and also for a lot of my friends and family, with many going through unimaginably tough circumstances. I think the thing that resonated with me as the year closed was how precious life really is and how little an opportunity, we have to truly live our best life and impact in others’ lives.
At one-point last year I was really ‘wallowing’ with the sadness of my circumstances and trying but failing to find a path forward and navigate some difficult seas.
But hearing news of lost loved ones and dear friend’s health struggles made me reassess my whole view of the situation I was in and decide that no matter what, 2024 would be a year of finding things in life to embrace and love, to really LIVE life and to find peace.
Hopefully our What’s on guide each month will help each and every one of you to also do this, to try a new thing, visit a new place, meet new people and find the happiness and fulfilment we all desire.
The pandemic is still having an effect on us all to this day with many after the lockdown struggling to find the confidence to ‘get back out there’ and re-establish their social lives but often experiencing social anxiety.
So here at Soar Valley Life magazine we hope to offer you that window of hope by introducing exciting events for the coming year, wonderful pubs, coffee shops, restaurants and activity groups local to you. What an exciting year we have ahead of us!!
You can trawl the internet for an age but with Soar Valley Life you just have to turn a page to find what you are looking for.
These pages are also interactive so please do contact us with groups/events that you think will generate interest. Just go to soarvalleylife.co.uk/whats-on/
I for one will be going back to my Lindy hop and Salsa dancing classes, Needle felting craft group and book club and spending time with as many of my wonderful friends and family as is possible because at the end of the day that is what you will regret not doing enough of.
Also trying new things, being brave and pushing yourself forward to do things you’ve never dreamt you’d do; life is for living and living to the fullest.
Behold I am doing a NEW thing
Linda Rhodes, What’s on editor
