What Will The New Year Bring??
December 31st, 2008 categories: Old Orchard
It’s Wednesday morning, December 31, 2008 and I’m at my desk pondering what kind of year 2009 will be for all of us. Personally, I am looking forward to it with much anticipation, like a child waiting to open a present. I’m wondering if it will be what I have asked for, like the pony I always wanted, or will it be what I need like a new pair of sneakers?
The best present I ever received as a child was a blue Murray bicycle. It wasn’t the pony I asked for, and little did I know it’s value until I learned to how to ride it. It was a very ordinary bike but, boy oh boy, it sure did take me places I’d never been before. What made the bike so special was that there were no limits. I could hope on it first thing in the morning and explore my universe.
I think I’ll approach 2009 the same way. I don’t know the road that lies ahead of me, so I’m going to explore the many possibilities that exist; those that I would have never known about if it wasn’t for the bicycle that I didn’t ask for and found out later that it was exactly what I needed.
