Another Year

  As we say goodbye to one year, and hello to the next, we look forward with anticipation. The memories of what was this year, become memories of last year, as the time zone rolls around the world. Not too long ago, Sydney Australia has already brought in the New Year with a fine fireworks display. Here in my little corner of the world, millions jam into Times Square to welcome in the New Year in a little less then 9 hours from now.
If you are of the type to make resolutions for the new year, trying to once again change old habits, I wish you good luck! Most people lack the resolve to make those resolutions come true, but will try anyway. Others, have tried and failed so many times before, that they don't even bother to try. I mean, if you are already thinking things like, I wonder how long I will go until I give up this time, you are already beaten. And being honest with yourself, you have excepted that you haven't any resolve when it comes to those things. All hope is lost? We have all resolved to change certain things about our lives, whether it is to finally get serious about loosing weight, stopping smoking, cutting down on cussing, be more out going, being less rude, and all manner of other common maladies. We have all tried, and more often then not, failed.
  But there is one change that I would ask you to consider. A change that if you resolve to change, just by desiring to, you will. A change, that once made, will make all of those other goals much easier to accomplish. Make this year the year you get serious about finding out if God is real or not. If you are thinking to yourself, I don't trust any religion,  that's fine, just take another way. Use science, philosophy, music or art. No matter the vehicle you choose on this quest, it doesn't matter, because if you look with honest eyes, all roads lead to God. As you move forward in your endeavors, you will find time and again, glaring differences, two sides that are as different as one side of a coin is to the other. Things that are alive, and things which are dead. That which is true versus that which is false, it really is as simple as that. Those things which are alive, those things which hold the wisdom of truth, those things which are beautiful to behold. All these things, and all that isn't, all is from God. And as such, once you realize that what we are seeing and experiencing in those things which are true and beautiful as being a glimpse at the Kingdom of God, at that point, knowing the Proprietor is only a moment away. Happy New Year!