life anew ...

this post is strictly mine ... i love to share pictures about the boys and our lives together, but i am going to take this one just for me.
it seems everything has been whirling by as if i have been in a tornado of thoughts, action and time itself.
life is precious.
and not nearly long enough.
this is the year i will turn 35. for some reason, i really feel like it is the middle of my life, like i am some how passing that imaginary threshold into the second half of my life ... maybe 70 just seems like such a nice round number ... not really sure why. it is not fear, that spurs my invigorated resolve, but a concern for the time remaining.

it seems the approach of the end the beginning of a new year always incites introspection.
am i the person i want to be?
have i reached the apex of my personal possibilities?
have i attained the characteristics i hold in highest esteem?
am i selfless?

i am blessed ... but i am not yet where i need to be ... once again, i have fallen well short of my personal goals and expectations. this is sad, but i am not low. there is only improvement to be made.

hope is the beauty of life.
will is its strength.

with this new year - i will become more like my Savior.
i will track my success and report, not the details, but the joy in my heart.

so, anew i write today with fervor and hope ... here is to a new year and a better self!