Gong Xi Fa Cai, Sae Hae Bok Mani Ba Deu Se Yo, Happy Lunar New
Year! 2013 is the Chinese Year of the Water Snake, which brings
with it much symbolism and excitement. Not only does the snake’s
transformative ability to molt its skin teach us the important
lesson of honoring the past while making room for the future,
the water element symbolizes compassion and perception. Chinese
Year of the Water Snake According to our beloved faculty member
David Chan, the snake’s physical attributes of fluid movement
and ability to shed its skin will have great impact on the year.
It will ask us to be flexible in our viewpoints, aware of the
connections between life’s occurrences and comfortable with
letting go of the old in embrace of the new. The water element
is said to represent of our innermost self; the depth of our
being. When this is coupled with the snake’s ability to perceive
subtleties in its surroundings we should be prepared to look
inside our hearts, to own our feelings and to express them with
compassion and s