This is always a wonderful time of year -- family, parties, gifts, food, celebrations. However, perhaps the most exciting part is the start of a new year! A new year means some things come to an end and others begin. January 1 is always a clean slate; the only day of the year that offers that unique and exhilarating thought that anythings possible. Now, I am not talking about the cliche new year resolutions that people superficially make to lose weight, quit smoking, or volunteer more. I am talking about the excitement of truly new beginnings! Some doors open while others close. What are your plans for 2014? Will it be just another year or will it be THE year? I would also like to remind you (before you pop the champagne, dance the night away, and celebrate the new year) to take a chance to stop and reflect on the year that has gone by. To remember both our triumphs and our missteps, our promises made and broken. Because thats what the new year is all about: getting another chance, a new beginning, the chance to forgive, to be better, to do more, to give more, to love more. So as the sun sets on 2013 and rises again on 2014, I encourage you to enjoy and learn from the past and embrace whats yet to come. I leave you with the always timeless wisdom of Mark Twain: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didnt do than by any of the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 17:11:03 +0000
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