Step Forward

"We must determine whether we really want freedom--whether we are willing to dare the perils of...rebirth... For we never take a step forward without surrendering something that we may have held dear, without dying to that which has been."
Virginia Hanson

2009 is now here. It is a new year, pregnant with possibilities. This is a time when we make resolutions. It is a time when we decide how we want this year to be better than last year. It is a time when we plan how to make this year any different from last year. It is a kind of rebirth.

First of all, we need to decide if we really want this year to be better than the last one. After all, if this year is substantially better than the last one, the only way to make that happen is to leave our comfort zone. We would have to take risks, and to sacrifice some things. Your life can't be substantially better this year than last unless it is substantially changed from last year.

Are you prepared to take the risks that are necessary to get what you want? Are you prepared to sacrifice some things that you may have held dear in order to get some things that are even better? You must decide for yourself how much you really want change. Even good changes require that you leave your old world behind. You must die to that which has been good in the past, to get something better in the future.

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