My own life is up and down, down and up. Right now I'm working very hard to simply stay in the same place I was at last year at this time. I don't know what it means to have an easy time of it all the time.
I have faith, with enough effort, study, tolerance from those I love, and perseverence we'll slog it out. Sometimes just being here at the end of the day, the end of the year, ought to be enough. Like with Hannukah or Purim, we celebrate the fact that "they tried to harm us, they failed. That may have been because of our efforts, or it may be just our dumb luck. Let's eat dinner."
Somehow I'd like to see more than mere survival. But right now, survival is enough. I'm grateful to have the opportunity to slog it out again this year.
Carpe Diem!!
Posted by cholte at January 3, 2007 10:02 PM