I’m sitting here looking back over the year as many do.  I’m seeing all the changes, good and bad, and trying to come to grips with them in my mind.  It’s been a YEAR!!!!  I almost feel like since I’ve gotten older, the years are getting more difficult to get through.   There are more deaths that take my breath away.  There are more challenges that seem to take so much more energy to beat.  I have so many friends and acquaintances and life seems so full at times, yet I’m sitting here alone on New Year’s Eve.  How do I make sense of all of this?

Life is ever changing.  The only consistency is change.  I’m learning to sit and enjoy the moments while I’m in them…. knowing that everything could change in a breath.  I’ve experienced a lot of loss and deaths but I’m still here.  I can still experience more.  I can (and should) take a piece of every occasion and move forward with anticipation and wonder.  A marvelous merging of past and present making a delightful future. 

At the end of the day, keep moving forward.  Nothing can be gained by standing still and being stagnant. It’s the only way to grow!