| As I write this, it
is still more than a week before Christmas. Ice and rain are
the prevailing weather conditions and it is dark before 6 PM.
It feels as though the world will sleep forever.
The ending of this year brings about changes all around. Yesterday
I said good-bye to Dan Liss, my old friend and former editor of
this magazine and his wife Doreen. They are moving out of state
to live closer to her family. We’ll miss their presence in
Atlanta for sure.
Other things are coming to an end as well. (I hope that the fall
of gas prices is only temporarily ending.) As the old year passes
away, I know that many of you, like me, are breathing a sigh of
relief. We always mark the calendar with a promise to make next
year better.
My resolutions include working less (the trouble is that I love
what I do. It is probably some kind of addiction.) and spending
more time with my family. Problem is that they seem to all be going
in a million directions at once too. I also resolve to put more
money in the bank and better plan ahead for the future. This brings
up the prospect of retiring some day and I simply can’t think
of that at all. I resolve not to allow politics and government
get under my skin so much (“sure” I can hear you saying
to yourself right now).
What are your resolutions? Do they involve losing weight, stopping
smoking or quitting some other habit? Or are your resolutions less
tangible? Do you intend to meditate more, take more walks, learn
something new, or clean out the attic or garage this year?
Whatever those resolutions are, the authorities on the subject
tell us that we’ll be much more successful with them if we
are doing them to please ourselves. When we try to improve or to
change to please others, it just doesn’t seem to stick, and
we still wind up with a load of guilt or self-recrimination for
being less than what we believe is perfect. So when you’re
thinking of things that you need to bring to an end, ask yourself
why you want to change, then, be honest, and make a plan that guarantees
success rather than one that depends on sheer will power.
Most of all, if you want to see change in your world, be that change.
Happy New Year
Sherry Henderson,
Editor/Publisher
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