A New Year...

The sun has set on another year and with it have come moments of great happiness as well as the deepest of sorrows.

As we enter a new year, these are my hopes - even my prayers - for those with whom I share this mortal journey...

I hope this year is filled with blessings for those around me.

I hope that we will be courageous enough to go after our dreams.

I hope those who are burdened with sorrow will be blessed with comfort.

I hope I might be a blessing to others, instead of a burden.

I hope that I will live a healthful and healthy life. 

I hope I will follow good advice, ignore bad advice, and know the difference between the two.

I hope I will end the year a better person than I began it. 

To all... 

May your blessings be more numerous than your trials, and may your trials turn out to be blessings in disguise. 

Happy 2013!