We've Only Just Begun

That was one of our favorite songs (released in 1970) by The Carpenters.  The characters in the song were a couple, just married, and were looking forward to new horizons, new roads to choose, with so much life ahead of them.  We sang that song completely unaware of what lie ahead….but as long as we were together, side by side, we just knew we’d make it through each and every bump in the road that we might encounter.  Seems like unrealistic thinking, but it is the ONLY way to live – believing and always hoping for the best, but just in case the worst might come, we’d be able to handle it together.   That’s because we placed our hope and trust in the ONE who had already prepared the way for us.

We’re one week into this new year and doesn’t the start of a new year make us feel the same way…a certain excitement about the possibilities that are out there for us?    We may reflect on the past, but no longer do we dwell there, because we certainly can’t change the past.  Looking through the rear view mirror is no option.  I mentioned a couple of months ago that for five years I had “Run for Ron” in the Route 66 Marathon, but this Route 66, while I was running, I clearly got the message “There’s no need to be running for Ron any longer.  He’s doing just fine running on his own.  It’s time to run your own race – run strong for Donna.”  I got it.  I had been faithful to keep the past in my present long enough.  I was turning a page in my story.  I knew that I was supposed write some new stories and a new chapter.   It was time so BEGIN again with the expectation of great adventures and unparalleled blessings up ahead.  But most importantly to write some new stories that leave a legacy for those who are following me -- a legacy of "I can" and "I will"!!   

I’m already started on that new chapter, then at the end of 2016....I'll glance back at the victories won and the many, many doors that opened up for me to great opportunities!  

Today, I close the door to the past, open the door to the future, I take a deep breath, step on through and start a new chapter of my life.  How about you?