This is the time of year that we start to think about changing our lives. Start something, stop something, the 1st of Jan 2008 sounds like a good time, a new beginning.
However come that day when the wheel of life slowly starts to grind again our new beginning can soon become the same as last year. How about instead of making that resolution we take a little bit of time to be grateful for what we have got. If we do make a resolution how about deciding that this year we will make an effort to help others less fortunate than ourselves.
By placing the emphasis of change away from ourselves and focusing on others who knows in what ways we may change and grow.
We are all substantially flawed, wounded, angry, hurt, here on Earth. But this human condition, so painful to us, and in some ways shameful----- because we feel we are weak when the reality of ourselves is exposed--- is made much more bearable when it is shared, face to face, in words that have expressive human eyes behind them. Alice Walker.
