At the beginning of the new year so many of us are encouraged to set goals/resolutions/wishes (whatever you want to call them) for the upcoming year. I think that's great and all... but I would add something else. Recently, a friend of mine told me about a family tradition that they have. Every Christmas they write letters to Jesus. On Christmas morning, it is the first "gift" that they open and read them aloud. These letters are reflections of the past year. They express thanks for all the blessings of the past year. New friends, lasting relationships, good health, tragedies avoided, and even those little things that could so easily be forgotten.
I thought for this year, that's how I want to start out. I want to think about all the good that I have in my life BEFORE I go thinking about all the things that I want. Don't get me wrong, I have always been a very "goal-oriented" person. But, I have come to realize that I will never get more in life if I can't appreciate what I already have.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
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