Another New Year

It is now 2009. I imagine that bloggers everywhere will have at least one New Year's Blog.
All of us reflecting on the previous year or years as well as anticipating the future year and what, for us it holds. We have expressions of happiness and regrets for what we did and did not accomplish in the previous year.

Some blogs I have read are philisophical while others are direct with goals and ambitions.

As a child, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day were not a holiday that I enjoyed celebrating as it made me afraid of the future. The future in which I did not know what was going to happen. In younger years I was always afraid of the unknown because it was something that I was unable to control. Yes, I am a control freak.

Now that I am soon turning 50, the unknown isn't so scary. I am thankful to God that I have survived and that I have learned from the past.

I no longer make resolutions as they usually don't make an impact through January 2nd. I believe we should always strive to better ourselves. We are ever changing in our needs as we age and our situations change throughout our lives.

Be resolute in our faith in God. Be resolute in our dedication to our spouse. Be resolute in our love for our family and friends. These things, in this order, will be the items that make a successful year and a successful life.

I hope everyone has a blessed, safe and wonderful future.