2008 - The Year of Movement

It's funny. I just got through reading a note from one of my best friends, and it actually inspired me to write a note. Putting things in writing has its way of making things official. When you write it down, you kinda have to do it. So here I go.

Well, to say the least, this year has been quite a year! It's like my life has been a steady ramp of positives with a few brick walls (lined with thorns, poison ivy, an electric fence, the National Guard, and a few Secret Service Agents) to burst through on the way up. But, I can definitely say that I've staked a flag on the high side and am still climbing. It's like each wall has given me more fuel to conquer the next.

More than anything, I believe the common denominator among each of them has been learning to trust God. I've learned to trust Him with my education, bills, career, relationships, and most recently my health. I've learned how to say, "Let Your will be done," and what that REALLY means. We usually say it with an underlying request that He'll do what we want Him to do. As selfish and controlling as I can be, I've learned (and am still learning) how to step out of the way and let God do His job. After all, He is the creator of this universe I call Life, and because He is the creator, no one understands the way it works it better than He does. All I get to do is accessorize what has already been put into place.

You know how you might get up out of bed in the morning, heading for the shower, and you're still in sort of a zombie state? That is until you step under the running water and realize that it's FREEZING cold! You might kick, sream, and utter a few choice words (unless you particularly enjoy cold showers), but the next thing you know is that you're fully alert. Well, let's just say that I've been walking through life in somewhat of a zombie state. Now, I've received my cold shower, kicked, screamed, uttered a few choice words, and am now ready to take on 2008 fully alert.

I won't go through a list of New Year's resolutions, because there are too many to name, and I'm bound to forget or neglect quite a few of them. So let me narrow it down to one. Most have titled 2008 as the Year of New Beginnings, since that's what the number 8 represents. However, in order to get anything new started, one must first make the conscious decision to move. So, for me it's the Year of Movement. So I resolve to approach this year (and life itself) with a more keen focus so that I can make the moves necessary for the fulfillment of my purpose in this life.

Know & Protect Yourself!

Peace.

Kev.O