Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can read more

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us

It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t have regrets.

It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t have regrets.

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book read more

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and read more

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin read more

New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure read more

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice.

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice.

Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh read more

Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh and give!This bright new year is given meTo live each day with zest . . .To daily grow and try to beMy highest and my best!I have the opportunityOnce more to right some wrongs,To pray for peace, to plant a tree,And sing more joyful songs!

Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the read more

Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the New Year will bring new opportunities.