The “New Year” offers an obvious example of the demarcation
line between yesterday and tomorrow. Take the hopes, the dreams of your new
year into every aspect of the new life that awaits you on the other side of
now. We can always reach for better. We need only strive with all that we are
in all that we do. Happy New You!
As this year comes to
an end, I’m amazed how far I’ve come considering how far I had fallen. Through
it all, I never lost hope. Through all the disappointments, I never stopped
believing in people. Nor did my faith
diminish.
No matter what we’ve experienced, what we’ve been through,
if we’re still breathing, we have opportunity in every breath to start anew, to
begin again. The struggles we face only expose what we have left to work with
and through. Joy and happiness are with us always, as are pain and suffering.
We can make the choice of how we experience our life and our world.
We can’t make choices for others, and, indeed, we are
affected by others, but it is up to us how we respond. We can be a buoy or an
anchor. We can be the light in our lives. The light that comforts us, guides us
and shines always. No matter the extent of the darkness, the breadth of the
suffering, the light of compassion, patience and understanding is always with
us. Let that light shine into every breath you take, every action you take.
