What's new with me? With the economy still in tatters, I decide to keep the old stuff to save up for the future use. But why not? It's a sure way to beat economic beatings. Besides, our old house still offers warmth at night, my running shoes can still do walking service, my grandfather's clock still tells time. Though how much I attempt to live with something old, I know I have to give space to something new. What's in defines what has-been. Both are akin to change. I deal with them daily. At times, I notice, at most, I don't. They're always around-providing wisdom as old as time and lessons as fresh as mornings. But if I still miss to notice it in a somewhat mundane lifestyle, newness can be expressed in similes.
Do not count what you have lost, instead, cherish what you have and plan what to gain. The past may not return but the future may fulfill the lost. A bountiful of blessings awaits me today. That's why I put my trust in God for He is the source of everything. Keep safe as you ring in the New Year!
Let yesterday handle its burdens. As the sun rises on a new day-arise, smile, look up and whisper a little prayer. I must look forward and may I be filled with hope. I have felt God's presence near me in a warm and special way. And in His loving kindness may He always be with me as a source of inspiration and guide me in all I do. Another journey to life has started with a wonderful year, after one year at a time, see me more clearly as I have gone on life's ways and by ways. Sometimes things change, plans fail, joy fades and excitements have gone. When I look beyond, I have started to question why? Life is a challenge-dare it and life is a game also-play it. I shouldn't surely have worried about yesterday with all my regrets and tomorrow with all my uncertainties. Today is all I have. The things I have learned will keep me on. Time has a way of changing things. I have learned to accept what life has thrown at me; most brought pain and regret. Every failure is a lesson well-learned, every success is a battle well-fought for life ain't easy. I have been wrong to learn what's right, stumble to persevere. I fell down to rise again and to lost to try harder. I will get this through. I have not been the best of everything, but I can make the best of everything that I have. I have taken every unfavorable experience as a challenge and opportunity to learn rather than discouragement. I never have been discouraged when things go beyond my expectations.
Not all change is improvement, but without change there can be no improvement. As God has said, "Just build a better you." Don't look forward to what may happen tomorrow. Be at peace, put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations. So never despise life's fiery trials for they are God's way of bringing out the best in you. I should change for the better this year. So let's give thanks to God for everything.
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