A new year. When I was young...and maybe sometime after I was truly young...I made New Year's resolutions. I didn't actually write them down. Or publish them abroad. But I did make a vow to change some habits. Or learn something new. Or tackle a task that I had been putting off for too long.
But now that I am older...and hopefully...wiser, I have stopped making any promises to myself. It is just too disappointing to make a goal for oneself...and then realize in the days following that it is either too hard to reach....or not realistic.
So here is my hope for 2016. I want to open the door.
Every day I want to wake up and look out my window and feel alive. Ready for what that day has in store. It might not be what I expected. I may find some sorrow. I might find some happiness. But I will take each hour and meet it as it comes.
Every day I will be aware of the joy that life brings. Joy is different from happiness. Joy is a constant. And it can be found in many circumstances. It is there to be found. I will look for it.
Every day I will reach out to someone and hold them in prayer. I have found that my mind often drifts to a person or situation that needs Divine help. I firmly believe that this is part of my life now. When I was working and busy I didn't feel this calling to me. But I have changed. And it is a good change.
Every day I will try to say words that uplift and bring good to others and myself. I will try not to let negative people or circumstances draw me down.
Every day I will open the door and see what life has in store for me.
And my wish for you? May this New Year bring you peace and joy.
Just open the door.
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