Last year, on this day, I started this blog. As I said then it was not coincidental when it began, but “it” still is not, and still will not be, the focus of this blog.

My inspiration for this blog was a quote from Candide by Voltaire, which two friends last year said that I need to read:

All I know is that we must cultivate our garden.

Candide says this to one of his traveling companions Pangloss after they encounter a Turk who tells them:

I have only twenty acres. I cultivate them with my children, and the work keeps us from three great evils, boredom, vice, and poverty.

One of my friends who recommended the book told me this was going to be his philosophy too, to cultivate his garden, for the next four years. So I thought I’d attempt that too by sharing transmissions or messages I receive from the universe whether it be from books, TV, movies, or my own, and others’, life experiences.

I’ll admit this first year, I didn’t do that but instead only shared three grateful things every Thursday. However, this year, I’d like to share more than just that and share what is “getting me through,” whether it be books, TV and movies, music, or podcasts. I also might change the theme here, we’ll see. Stay tuned.