Greetings!
Jerry C. and I are spending a few days in Breckenridge, Colorado, on our way home from spending Christmas with his family in Kentucky.
We were awakened about 4:30 this morning by very strong wind gusts, blowing snow, and complete darkness. Yes, the electricity had gone out.
Four hours later, no change. But I'm supposed to have hot coffee in the morning very soon after I wake up. I am supposed to have a hot breakfast. And I'm supposed to be able to watch the Kentucky vs Louisville college basketball game!
The good news is that "the juice" (which is what electricity is called in Kentucky) came back around 11 a.m. Mountain time, so we are watching the second half of the game. And there is coffee brewing.
As I was sitting and watching the snow (which was pretty cool, in more ways than one), I was thinking about how it is supposed to be. And those goals I listed for the last 100 days of the year. Those that I accomplished and those that I did not. There were some things I was supposed to do that I did not do. But who made the list? Who assigned the end date? I did.
If you have a list of resolutions for 2011, at least some of which will be carried over into 2012, how do you feel about that? Maybe you didn't lose the weight, or finish cleaning and organizing the room, or whatever. There are no doubt reasons and excuses, but because we are dealing only with ourselves, we can love ourselves enough to say that the reason it didn't happen is because it didn't happen. We can forgive and release all of it.
In just a few hours we will start a brand new wonderful (and wonder-ful) new year. Make your resolutions if you choose (or call them goals or something else), but do so in gratitude for everything in 2011, and in power and expectation of a great 2012.
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