Wow! It’s 2017! Happy New Year everyone! Where does the time go? I often find myself asking this question. I think the answer is right in front of me, yet I have been too busy or distracted to notice. Life is happening this very second and what am I doing with it? Do you remember that saying we see on pictures everywhere? The saying is something like, “Life is not measured by the moments we make, but the moments that take our breath away.” I can’t remember exactly how it goes, but I think it’s something to that effect. I find in my journey there is truth to that statement.
When I look back over the year, most of what I remember are things that gave me emotions, not the days or dates themselves. The days that made me smile, and the days where I cried, all were a part of my year 2016 timeline. They were my moments that took my breath away. Now, as I begin 2017, I can see how all the ups and downs of the previous year changed me and led me to where I am now in my life, and I hope it can help push me forward into whatever lies ahead in this new and uncharted year. It feels great to have a fresh start. When I was younger, people would say ‘life is what you make it.’ I didn’t understand what they meant then, but as I get older I am beginning to understand with more clarity. We always have choices in our everyday life to either respond by making it great, or respond by making it worse. I was also told by someone once “Life is only 10% what actually happens to you, and 90% how we choose to deal with it.” This really struck a cord with me, and I want to keep this in my mind as I go through the new year. I hope to be able to greet life’s challenges with a positive reaction rather than choosing to react in anger. At least, that is my new year’s resolution. I know this is not easy. I also know I have a long way to go, yet don’t want to add to the anger in the world. I would rather add to the peace and happy part of the world, yet I know it all starts with how I choose to act and react to things going forward in this new year before us.
Looking over my last year goals listed on the site, I find I didn’t achieve most of them. However, that doesn’t stop me from trying to fulfill them again. Each year, I like to post new goals to keep a reminder of things I choose to work for. This helps me in the hard times, the days I feel like I can’t see my path ahead. This also helps me forge my path to my future. I never was one to accept the things that are because they are. I was always thinking, why should I wait for something to happen to me, when I can go and make something happen myself? I don’t know if that was good, or bad because it brought me experiences on both ends of the spectrum I can learn from and go forward with. This year, I hope to go forward with my continued goals of education, travel and trying to better myself as a person in the hopes of finding some peace and happiness in this crazy, yet adventurous world we all live in. What are you planning for your new year? Whatever you have in store, I truly wish you all the best and most wonderful year yet!
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