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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Thursday, January 01, 2009
2009!
We're here! 2009 is finally here. One of the most interesting and challenging years is behind us. We can now look ahead, start afresh, think clearly again. A tabula rasa.
There are many changes ahead of us in 2009. For a start, a new president. He has a lot to accomplish, but he is a smart, capable and motivated fellow. The financial system's overhaul will continue. Politicians will continue to flounder. Gas prices may rise or may continue to fall. The financial markets will continue to be their random selves. Black swans will be sighted.
But, you and I enter the last year of the first decade of the twenty-first century. Let's use this opportunity to re-focus our lives to accomplish what is important in creating a better, healthier, happier, kinder, and selfless community. After all, we do have a stated mission as Americans:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union... insure domestic Tranquility... promote the general Welfare... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
So let's do it! Focus on Domestic Tranquility and the promotion of the General Welfare.
On a personal level, there are many new challenges ahead for me. Stay tuned!
And, finally, keep this in mind:
"Keep a clear eye towards life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What you are in His sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received... but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage." -- St. Francis of Assisi
There are many changes ahead of us in 2009. For a start, a new president. He has a lot to accomplish, but he is a smart, capable and motivated fellow. The financial system's overhaul will continue. Politicians will continue to flounder. Gas prices may rise or may continue to fall. The financial markets will continue to be their random selves. Black swans will be sighted.
But, you and I enter the last year of the first decade of the twenty-first century. Let's use this opportunity to re-focus our lives to accomplish what is important in creating a better, healthier, happier, kinder, and selfless community. After all, we do have a stated mission as Americans:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union... insure domestic Tranquility... promote the general Welfare... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
So let's do it! Focus on Domestic Tranquility and the promotion of the General Welfare.
On a personal level, there are many new challenges ahead for me. Stay tuned!
And, finally, keep this in mind:
"Keep a clear eye towards life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What you are in His sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received... but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage." -- St. Francis of Assisi
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