Year of the Rabbit

 

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A carrot is as close as a rabbit gets to a diamond.
Don Van Vliet

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon, you have a dozen.
John Steinbeck

For a good life: Work like a dog. Eat like a horse. Think like a fox. And play like a rabbit.
George Allen

Today is Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, and 2023 is the year of the rabbit. Those born under the sign of the rabbit can expect to be "calm, gentle and loving. Rabbit people can be very ambitious and intuitively know how to get ahead in the world. They are good listeners, kind and sweet by nature, and are therefore often sought out as popular and trusted friends."

I was born in the year of the goat (1955) and am therefore purported to be "gentle, mild-mannered, shy, stable, sympathetic, amicable, and brimming with a strong sense of kind-heartedness and justice." 

Click here to find out more about Lunar New Year and to discover your Chinese Zodiac animal. 

Click here to find out about rabbits. 

Click here to find out about the new crescent moon.

Click here to listen to the 'Song to the Moon.'

Writing prompts:

• When was the last time you 'played like a rabbit?' Write about it.
• What personal qualities do you have? Make a list. What personal qualities would you like to have? Make another list. Now, write a character description of yourself, incorporating as many personal qualities as you like.