Long after the ball dropped and the last firecrackers had gone off, I was sitting on my bed reflecting on this past year.  So much has happened since last December.  What I realized is that I have learned a lot and grown a lot this past year.  Not all of it was good, but I still learned something in those hard and/or painful times.  The thing is we should always be learning, growing and moving forward.  If we become stagnant, we’re hurting ourselves.  Albert Einstein said “When you stop learning you start dying” and William S. Burroughs said “When you stop growing you start dying.”  Both are true.  We have to use that muscle between our ears or reap the consequences.  I want to continue to thrive in my life so I plan to continue to learn new things, as well as pay closer attention to the lessons learned in everyday life.

I’m excited to see what observations I will have next January 1^st.  Happy New Year!