Best Wishes and Happy Blessings

May your Christmas season be filled with peace and blessings! At least, I hope your Christmas season has been filled with love and time with loved ones.

What has been going on with me? It was a grand time to catch up with relatives and friends during this holiday season. I haven't seen some people in almost over a year. (Not since my cousin's last Annual Christmas eve party!). Seeing my kin during the Christmas season refreshes my soul and spirit. I get excited talking to my younger cousins. Also, I got an opportunity to see church family members, like Alexis, Mihaja and Emily this month. Rod and Melissa held their annual Christmas party and I even got an opportunity to stop by their house. And, I got to talk to Roz-Poz on Christmas day. That was a great gift.

Seeing how people have grown and are moving forward with their lives is great news to me. I couldn't be much happier to know that 'my kin' are prospering and blossoming. Even with their past pains, hurts and inner storms, people are growing, maturing and recovering quickly.

These actions inspire me.

What can be said about 2007?

I can't believe another year is almost over. For some parts, it almost went quickly as a 'blink of an eye'. I know that things happen for a reason and everything that occurs in God's time. Not in my own time. With that in mind, for those other parts, situations did not happen quick enough for me. Life struggles, eh?

Although God has blessed me with additional life blessings in 2007, I wish that I could say that 2007 was a year filled with all roses. In general, it has been a tough year: spiritually, physically, and professionally. There is no need to post the details here, at least not right now. Even through the pain, I can look back and say that I learned to be more dependent on God.

I can safely write down that I am glad that the year 2007 is quickly ending. I am looking forward to what God will be revealing for my life in the upcoming year. Even with the BIG 40 looming next year, I am looking forward to 2008. Although I will be 40, a significant event for most folks, I don't feel like what is supposed to be '40'-like behavior. What is 40ish type of behavior, anyway? The twenty something adult seems to want to stay and enjoy his time, and I already went through my mid-life crises (notice the plural) almost five years ago.

I have been told that the 40s (culturally) are the new 20s. If so, I'm feeling it. Oh, yeah! God is good. :)

Have a safe and Happy New Year 2008.