CLOSING THE BOOKS

I copied this from a newspaper, unfortunately I did not indicate which one it was. However I think it is just as viable today as it was then. I thought it was good advise for me and I hope there are some of you out there in cyber-space that will find it good advise as well.

Closing the Books

Last week we closed the books on the year 2013. Or did we? Certainly a new ledger has opened before us to be filled with the accounts of 2014. No one knows what the New Year will bring, and we have not yet entirely determined last year’s legacy?

We never can fully close the door on the past, much as we might like to. There is much that we must carry forward, much to complete. And we would not wish to close it out completely anyway, would we?

Naturally we would like to forget our severe disappointments, our serious illnesses, our sufferings from other causes. But much good came to us last year, too, and that we would not wish to forget nor do without.

The fact is that today merges into tomorrow, as yesterday laid the foundation for today. It is that way for the year to come. As we look back on 2013, let us place it in the balance, learn from our difficulties and build on the blessings it gave us.

This New Year can become great. What if disaster does come? We must rise above it. Life does not stop. It goes on and on. We are to grow with our problems, solve them and rise to further victories.

Truly as Longfellow said, we are our own architects of life “working in these walls of time.” He recognized that we may not have built as well in the past as we might. But he encourages us.

Build today, then, strong and great

With a firm and ample base.
And ascending and secure
Shall tomorrow find its place.