December 31, 2018 New Years Eve.    I am one step between an end and a beginning.   I am minding the gap and moving forward on this New Year’s Eve, 2018.   It will be my 72nd beginning and I am thinking hard about how to do this one differently.   I love the possibility of yet another chance. Of getting a free   pass to do things differently,   to try again . To let go of the things that hurt us , and think about the hurt we might have caused and how to heal.   To reconsider the brevity of our time,   To recognize that we are all so much alike and acknowledge the sorrow, and pain in others and offer comfort we might need for ourselves.   Maybe I will   take   more time to connect with stranger faces;   the acknowledgement of a smile, a kind word.   I find walking to and from the Dartmouth gym, that if I just keep my eyes up and look at oncoming   and smile,   I usua...