Consider the track record of your naysayers. How many dreams have they successfully brought into this world?

So burrow in. Snuggle deep. A winter idyll of simple splendor awaits.

Today, and everyday, take as your personal mantra: I am what I am and what I am is wonderful.

A nap is not to be confused with sleeping. We sleep to recharge our bodies. We nap to care for our souls. When we nap, we are resting our eyes while our imaginations soar. Getting ready for the next round. Sorting, sifting, separating the profound from the profane, the possible from the improbable. Rehearsing our acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize, our surprise on receiving the MacArthur genius award. This requires a prone position. If we're lucky, we might drift off, but we won't drift far. Just far enough to ransom our creativity from chaos.

Let us each grasp a new idea this year. Let us grasp the awareness of what it is that makes us truly happy. Let us consider our personal preferences and learn how to recognize, then embrace, moments of happiness that are uniquely our own.

Your heart will always tell you what’s working and what’s not.

The seasons of life are not meant to be frenetic, just full. Blessed is the woman who knows her own limits.