Welcome 2012

2011 is in the last hours of countdown  I really do not look at life in terms of new years marching along one by one, but rather terms of how I made the year my own.  A year is just a year and things will happen as we travel the twelve month journey.  Some days may be good, great, okay or miserable, but we still own them.  We will always have pebbles, rocks, and boulders thrown down in front of us.  Sometimes we can walk around them, jump over others and some we have to climb.  But in between these rocks we find space for peace, joy, laughter, and love.  It is the spaces between that keep us moving and climbing. 

The good moments are where we find our anchor that keeps us from drifting.  Life is too precious to look down the road and wait for a new year hoping it will be better than the one we are working through.  Grab onto what is good and positive; let it take you past the days that are not so bright.  Occasionally, it is good to stop and count our blessings...big and little ones that make the path just a little wider and straighter.

What I wish for us all in 2012 is a positive attitude, grateful heart, determination and faith in ourselves.

 
No matter how tough the winter or how bitter the wind the flowers will always remember to bloom!