New

New.  We all like "new."  New clothes, a new car, a new friend, a new this or a new that.  We like new.  It makes sense in some ways.  "New" looks good, smells good, and usually doesn't have any broken parts because new is, well, new.  Part of the illusion of new is that we get a "second chance" at keeping whatever is new, new.  But nothing stays new.  At the end of December 2008 I noticed several articles about how different groups were "glad" to see 2008 "go."  But wasn't 2008 at one time new?  "But, Kurt the war, the economy, global warming were all part of 2008." Well, yes, and those things are all part of TODAY.  There will always be challenges.  The illusion is that new is the solution.  The reality?  New, is just new, it's not better, it's not easier, it doesn't mean we've turned some corner toward a happier outcome.

A more preferable concept might be "now."  We can change now, by rethinking.  We change change now, by making better choices.  We can change now by using forgiveness regularly.  We can change now, by saying "no" to bitterness or to being "offended."  We can change now by earning all we can, saving all we can and giving all we can.  We can even treat old things, old values, and old friends better now, and perhaps repair old things, old relationships and even make them better than new.

And that's all I have to say about that...

Kurt!