January is on the downhill slalom. Indeed we have the snow to prove the fact. Christmas 2023 is in our rearview window and New Year’s Day is receding in our peripheral vision. It is time to get at it…

Satisfaction is inherent in a forward movement. The brass ring is just within our grasp…if we stretch. We will never know if we can do something until we try. 

Activity evaporates the Blues. Movement begets more movement. Movement takes us closer to our dreams and goals. Sometimes it boils down to putting one foot in front of the other. Soon, your brain will be fired up with new ideas, projects, and purpose. ’Hope differed maketh the heart sick but when the desire cometh it is a tree of life,’ the Bible tells us. 
Do not put off until tomorrow what you can do today…has often been said. Winter is three months each year of our lives…after winter comes spring. The seeds of growth are in our souls and only need to be nurtured by the Sun and our hope for the best year of our lives!

Billy B saw the sadness in the eyes of his friend. She lived alone and had few activities that she could do in the cold and snowy months. Her children lived away and they had a glorious visit over Christmas but now it was January and cold and slick underfoot. Billy B called his friend and asked if she needed more batteries. His friend always needed batteries it seemed. ’Oh my goodness do I ever need batteries and when you bring them I will have some cookies for us to enjoy’ she said. When the time of the January visit arrived Billy B was greeted by the widest of smiles and hugs to match. They spoke of the past and the future and all that life had to offer to those who sought its bounty. Both agreed that the best is yet to come…