"We will open the book. It's pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and the first chapter is "New Years Day".
Edith Lovejoy PierceHappy New Year....Welcome 2011!
With every year I am amazed at the number...I can remember going to my nephew's little junior high ball games and seeing the 2000 numbers on their Letterman's jackets and thinking to myself.."Whew...that is gonna be a long way away!" Well...here we are....2011 and I have a husband, two children, a "real" job and catch myself saying, just as my elders did, "Where does the time go?" Funny thing is though, I really don't feel as old as I am...like a twenty year old that never gets older. Garett and I look at others who are our same age sometimes and question, "Do we look that old?" None of our friends, of course, but you know how it happens..you meet someone new or see a couple in a restaurant and find out there age and "WHAM!", it hits you....reality!
This year I have hopes of opportunity! I wish for positive opportunities for all of my friends and family, as well as in our home. 2010 wasn't that bad really...I have to say I've been pretty fortunate in that I can't recall a really awful year. We have always had enough and our family's health has remained steady with scares, but all ended well.
I really wish for opportunities for personal growth. Despite my age I know there is more to learn about myself and others. Opportunities to be with and teach my children, spend time with my husband, and immediate family, things that I am holding more dear to my heart with every year. Opportunities to help others and stop myself before judging them. I understand that there may be some hard things to endure in the upcoming year and I am going to dig deep to look at those unknown events as an opportunity as well. I know I will need strength for that which leads to the fact that I need to take the opportunities I have to listen; listen to my loved ones, listen to my heart, listen to the Word I hear preached at church, listen to what others are asking of me. In the past I have done a lot of talking and that hasn't always proven successful..so I wanna be more ears and less mouth.
I want to embrace every day as an opportunity to do my best, be my best and give my best. I know this is an over the top resolution, but you gotta start somewhere, right? I've always heard to shoot for the moon, and hopefully you'll land somewhere among the stars..so I'm going for it!
In the words of Oprah, "Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right!"
This year I have hopes of opportunity! I wish for positive opportunities for all of my friends and family, as well as in our home. 2010 wasn't that bad really...I have to say I've been pretty fortunate in that I can't recall a really awful year. We have always had enough and our family's health has remained steady with scares, but all ended well.
I really wish for opportunities for personal growth. Despite my age I know there is more to learn about myself and others. Opportunities to be with and teach my children, spend time with my husband, and immediate family, things that I am holding more dear to my heart with every year. Opportunities to help others and stop myself before judging them. I understand that there may be some hard things to endure in the upcoming year and I am going to dig deep to look at those unknown events as an opportunity as well. I know I will need strength for that which leads to the fact that I need to take the opportunities I have to listen; listen to my loved ones, listen to my heart, listen to the Word I hear preached at church, listen to what others are asking of me. In the past I have done a lot of talking and that hasn't always proven successful..so I wanna be more ears and less mouth.
I want to embrace every day as an opportunity to do my best, be my best and give my best. I know this is an over the top resolution, but you gotta start somewhere, right? I've always heard to shoot for the moon, and hopefully you'll land somewhere among the stars..so I'm going for it!
In the words of Oprah, "Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right!"
Magnificant blog my dear! Wishing only good things for you this year...good things for us all! Cheers to a new year and fresh starts! Love you!
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