New Year!

Maybe I should've have called this thing "Almost quarterly thoughts" that may have been more accurate. Well the holidays are over, the tree is to the curb so to speak and a new year has begun. Some people use this time for resolutions or fresh starts, some as a time for reflection of the past year the good things and mistakes made. I started thinking about the past year and WHOA! it has been one hell of a year, both personally and on a much bigger stage. 2008 was a much better year than 07 for me, it started with a glimmer of hope. Hope is a wonderful thing, it's all some people have left, it's all some people cling to. But except in the most dire of circumstances I believe hope is not enough. That make sound a little odd but if you keep reading you'll get it. You see hope by itself is just hoping something will happen. In order for hope to grow into something larger it needs to be fed, by what you might ask? Action. You can hope something is going to happen to you, or you can do what you can to make it happen for you. What can you do everyday to make it happen. In the end it might not happen but if you did all you can you'll be ok with it. That being said my advice or approach for the new year will be the same as the last year. Being a Navy man I love nautical references and analogies, they translate pretty good to everyday life. So here it is Check your compass, set your heading, and stay the course. There will be heavy seas, they won't last forever, stay the course. Hurricane on the horizon? Stay the course. Don't be tempted by the siren's song, stay the course. Always know if you stay the course that you'll make it to port. See think about it the nautical thing works! (Jimmy Buffet gets it) Well thats it for now I wish everyone a happy new year filled with hope and promise and I hope you don't get scurvy!(or MRSA)