Happy New Year!

Here it is,.... what we have all been waiting for .... another opportunity to begin again! For some reason a new year just pulls at the mind and heart to resolve to be a better person, to do more, to make resolutions. May 2009 be all that you hope for.

God offers us a new beginning every day.

The first few days here in 2009 have already not lived up to my expectations, but I know that I get a chance to do it again tomorrow and I hope it will be a better day. I realize one of the reasons why life doesn't go as I would script it, and that's because I fail to ask God what it is that God would want for the day.

I have been awake since the wee hours of the morning. God has been helping me unload all the thoughts and to-do's that I have swirling in my head.

I have been disappointed that although I offer help, the church offers help, and that there are many resources available, there are people who are struggling, financially, mentally, physically. And I have been learning very slowly that change is made only when the individual makes change. Not my scripting. Not my wishing. Not my planning.

I have been struggling with balance in life, balance of personal, work, study - and no doubt I will continue to struggle; but I sure do feel better right now about it all. I will do the best I can in the time I have, respect the boundaries set, and realize that that is all I can do and not feel guilty about all that is left undone. There will always be more to do.

You probably read this and laugh cuz these are lessons we have all learned along the way. Certainly at my age one would expect that I had learned these lessons. I have; it's just I need to be reminded again and again LOL

So, have a GREAT 2009, may God bless you today and every day!