It is January 2nd. We can still say Happy New Year. We have just heard the starter pistol and lifted our feet to run the 2025 race. We are headed toward the deep midwinter. ‘Water like a stone’. The forecast is for some of that stone water this Sunday. We are looking for the answer to life’s persistent questions.

Stand we do before an Open Door. Change we want…change we can have…we have to be the Change.

A new/old government is coming. Some are happy others are not. Certainly, our personal life will remain static unless we shake it up. No one will do it for us. The power of weight loss is in our hands… Putting down the fork will help…

Movement increases momentum. The action breaks the wall of depression. Good thoughts come from good deeds.

We walk through the ‘slough of despond’ seeking someone to be our advocate. Speaking up can be a bit scary but a freeing experience. Nothing simply falls on us from above. Jesus suffered in the Garden…it was not an amusement ride.

Most deteriorating institutions can be recovered by hard-working people. New ideas help.

Perspiration is essential combined with inspiration and imagination. If you can see it you can be it.

Humility is a hidden virtue. The show horse is applauded admired and emulated. The workhorse often continues in obscurity doing the work of real change without fanfare or praise.