{"id":6586,"date":"2019-12-26T19:35:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T19:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/?p=6586"},"modified":"2019-12-26T19:35:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T19:35:56","slug":"looking-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/looking-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There&#8217;s something reassuring in the artificial markers of Labor Day and New Year&#8217;s Day. While in reality nothing really changes, I think it&#8217;s both hopeful and invigorating to feel as though a fresh page has been turned.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6589\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6589\" class=\"wp-image-6589\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sara.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sara\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sara-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sara-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sara-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sara-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sara-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sara-scaled.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sara-scaled.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sara-scaled.jpg?w=1875&amp;ssl=1 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Wings,<\/strong> \u00a92019 Elizabeth Fram, 18 x 24 inches, Graphite and colored pencil on paper<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The cusp of 2020 offers a sense of liberation in looking forward, in imagining possibilities that lie ahead, and in letting go just enough to let the unexpected unfold.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6590\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6590\" class=\"wp-image-6590\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Emma.jpg?resize=450%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Emma\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Emma-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Emma-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Emma-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Emma-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Emma-scaled.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Emma-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Emma-scaled.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma, \u00a92019 Elizabeth Fram, 24 x 18 inches, Graphite on paper<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My June 2018 post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/welcoming-possibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Welcoming Possibility<\/a> speaks to the idea that being open to unplanned hurdles and riding out their change of direction often yields a better result than if everything had proceeded as originally planned.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s hoping you find that strategy works for you too.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Happy New Year!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something reassuring in the artificial markers of Labor Day and New Year&#8217;s Day. 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