{"id":1951,"date":"2022-01-02T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2022-01-02T10:13:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T15:13:43","slug":"edition-18-saying-goodbye-to-2021-and-welcoming-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/edition-18-saying-goodbye-to-2021-and-welcoming-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Edition #18 <br>Saying Goodbye to 2021 and Welcoming 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1951\" class=\"elementor elementor-1951\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fc4d662 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fc4d662\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26937c6\" data-id=\"26937c6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21958bc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21958bc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/6H7A1890-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2118\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/6H7A1890-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/6H7A1890-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/6H7A1890-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/6H7A1890.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae59d2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ae59d2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28b712aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28b712aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Edition #18 <br>Saying Goodbye to 2021 and Welcoming 2022<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59e9dd8c elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"59e9dd8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-8d55559 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>02\/01\/2022<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a1885f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a1885f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I want to take a moment, as we slowly came to the end of what has not only been another emotionally challenging and engagingly distressing year, but also a beautifully moving and deeply transformative one, to wish you a resting, peaceful, and comforting new year.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">May this time be rejuvenating in every possible way, as no matter how confusing, painful, and frustrating the current pandemic may be for every one of us, I believe that nothing can deprive us of the empowering joy and uplifting exaltation we have the opportunity to offer ourselves and to commune with others &#8211; whoever it could be; family, friends, loved ones, strangers\u2026<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-789a48e6 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"789a48e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s always a new element, a new discovery, a new amazement, simple yet grandiose, for me to keep dwelling on wherever a streaming journey might lead me on any given day.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65941a40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65941a40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If there\u2019s something that I learned in 2021, through the kindness of your messages, through our generous exchanges, and through our singular connection, it is that hope will always be a gift that brightly radiates beyond our own brokenness and that has the ability to redefine what we once considered too damaged to repair, too far to embrace, too late to dream of, too pointless to try all over again, or too desperate to live. If our existence seems complex and perplexing, at best, there\u2019s always a new element, a new discovery, a new amazement, simple yet grandiose, for me to keep dwelling on wherever a streaming journey might lead me on any given day.<\/p><p>That\u2019s why I\u2019m so profoundly grateful for each and every one of you, for your affection, but also for welcoming me as I am, for reminding me that however far I may have drifted or how lost I can feel at times, I\u2019m worth being reached out to. Your caring hearts allowed me to see what I couldn\u2019t stand for so long, what I couldn\u2019t look at anymore; pieces of regret, of failure, of faithlessness, of despair. Thank you, my precious friends, for your patient and benevolent love towards me. It is truly a precious and liberating present, and it means more than words can express.<\/p><p>Therefore, as you inspired me to freely look and foresee, I would like to invite you all to design what 2022 can be. Let\u2019s do it together, so we can let our momentary instants of darkness be regenerated, a day after another, from a color to the next, with the hope that it will defy time\u2019s implacable nature itself.<\/p><p>Much love to you all.<\/p><p>Your friend and brother,<br \/>Alex<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-142f38d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"142f38d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2925340c\" data-id=\"2925340c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79e835cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"79e835cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67f20d2a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67f20d2a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f32a9c0\" data-id=\"4f32a9c0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4615a2ae elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-153 elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4615a2ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/ask-a-question\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Ask a Question<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to take a moment, as we slowly came to the end of what has not only been another &#8230; 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