Janus

From Wikipedia:

In Roman mythology, Janus (or Ianus) was the god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, and endings. His most apparent remnants in modern culture are his namesakes, the month of January and the caretaker of doors and halls: Janitor.

...Janus was frequently used to symbolize change and transitions such as the progression of past to future, of one condition to another, of one vision to another, the growing up of young people, and of one universe to another. He was also known as the figure representing time because he could see into the past with one face and into the future with the other.

This is the time we look ahead, and back. A time for reflection, as light slowly grows again here in the north. So here's a question: a year from now, what do you want to see, when you look back?

Comments

[John B.]

It so happens that I've been thinking a bit about Janus today; nice to bump into him here.

Best wishes to you and yours this new year, Sharon.

[SB]

Testing comments....

[Sarpy Sam]

Winter snow drifts down,
blanketing the new landscape
with pieces of old

Typically, we see nothing when we are looking for something in a concrete, but in case we just look back, the current mist of our situation vanishes from sight and nothing shadows the whispering of the nature then. All creation joyfully glorifies the Creator then. That's what I have heard while listening to the voice inside me.