As I sit here on New Year’s Day, I wonder about the promise of the year to come. And right now, the year is full of promise, and more importantly... hope.
At the stroke of midnight, I looked at the last year, all the things that happened right, and all the things that went wrong. I started the year, as I am starting this year, as we all do. We make promises we call resolutions. We look forward to what is to come. But as the year goes on, we lose our promises, and our outlook changes. Things change. We saw changes last year, and will again this year.
But right now, things are fresh and new. I say goodbye to the problems of the previous year. I welcome the new year and the promise it brings. I feel the energies that this day brings, and I file them away, knowing I will be bringing them out from time to time to remember their feel. This way I can keep the promise with me as the year changes. This way, the promise will continue throughout the year.
I sit here and look at the challenges of the year to come, knowing that they will be faced and overcome. This year will be one of growth, personally, professionally, and spiritually. I look forward to it, and hope everyone else does as well.
Here’s wishing everyone a happy new year and hoping that you keep the promise of this day with you throughout the year.