on this day, God wants you to know...

Anticipate what lies beyond the next bend, what is over that mountain?

... that beginnings are only possible where there are endings. Clear acknowledged endings are as necessary to intelligible life, as pauses between notes to intelligible music. Although endings sometimes feel like the end of "you," take them for what they really are, - the end of a stage in your life. Here is to new beginnings!

A new beginning...who doesn't like them? A new day, a new life, a new job, a new relationship...even in the old things, there can be a rebirth, a renewal. Spring becomes summer, then autumn. A birthday begins a new year, and a death marks a new change from all that is familiar.

Don't fear change. Instead, embrace it. Flow with it. Anticipate new starts, and be prepared for the changes that you never thought possible. It can be all good...it's what you make of it.

Forgiveness can also bring a new "beginning" of sorts. Why carry that grudge, that hurt? My friend, that baggage is too heavy. put it DOWN! Pick up instead the joy of starting over, of saying, "I love you!" of knowing that where there was strife and discord, there can be instead harmony.

Look over your life. It doesn't have to be January 1 to make changes and resolutions. Each day is a new opportunity to love, to laugh and to begin again.

Is today YOUR day? Make it today!