The Beginning of a New Year
2009
has felt like, more than anything, a year of development and maturing. I used to wonder what it exactly meant to become an adult, and when that change would occur. Apparently it happens when you’re twenty - at least it did for me. I’m not speaking of a superficial change where your voice drops and your hairline embarks on its excursion to the top of your scalp, nor am I referring to the day you turn eighteen and grab a Hustler and a pack of smokes from the market. What I am thinking of instead are things like how the notion of “home” is becoming more and more transient, how I have become the uncle of a beautiful nephew, and how “the future (careers, schools, the rest of my life)” is now approaching at breakneck speed.
It has been a boring, exciting, sleepless, relaxing, burdensome, and cathartic year. I feel like I have learned so much this year, and for that I give God my deepest thanks.
I know 2010 will be a challenging year, but I depart from 2009 on a good note and face this next year with optimism and dedication (and unrelenting ferocity).
So I wish everyone the best in 2010, and will be right along side you fighting the good fight.
Happy New Year!
