sunset, the pond at wildwood

the year is passing. in the hush of these dark, chilly days I can feel it. there are some things i'd like to leave back in 2005; wasted time, a wandering mind. laziness. i'd like to shed a sharp tongue and deaf ear to others' pain. a paralysis that keeps me from doing something to change this world. my addiction to fossil fuel. thoroughly processed food. my addiction to the internet. the way i ignore my boy when i don't mean to. the way i accomodate my girl when i shouldn't. a tight grip on my wallet when i should be opening it to others in need.

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the new year. plans for ministry and wales. i'm hoping for a lot of compassion, energy and some kind of fortitude for seeing projects through. there's travel. time to spend with my kids and appreciate them. time with greg. time for friends. giving rather than taking. seeing more positives than negatives.

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friends, i wish you a beautiful new year. may you experience peace, real peace, soul peace, and send it out as far as you can into this troubled world. may you find joy in the extraordinary and the mundane. think well of all you meet; share a blessing when you can. and may you love big, bigger than you ever have.