Happy New Year 2022

 

Goodbye 2021, and bring on 2022! It's time for a fresh start. There is the chance for new opportunities, new experiences, new directions, and change. It is a time for self-improvement. I will continue to take each of the days as they come and see where the path ahead takes me. 

I hope 2022 marks the end of the pandemic, so we can return to normal. It would be great to see people being kinder, less judgmental, and less divided. I wish everyone peace, love, and joy in the year ahead.

Happy New Year

To start the new year, instead of talking about resolutions, the past year, and what I have planned for the new year, I would like to share the wisdom of Loren Nancarrow. Loren died on Saturday after an eleven month battle with brain cancer, which he chronicled on his blog, The Nancarrow Project. I only knew him from watching him on the local news stations in San Diego. Besides being a newscaster, he was also an avid environmentalist. By sharing his experiences and thoughts about living with brain cancer he encouraged and inspired many, not just those with cancer.

In the article, "Five Lessons Loren Nancarrow Taught Us", by Matthew T. Hall, which appeared in The San Diego Union-Tribune on December 28, he shares five words of wisdom from Loren Nancarrow. These lessons can serve as a great starting point for the new year, and something to follow throughout the year, and throughout your life.

Here are the five lessons Loren Nancarrow taught us:

1. Find reasons to rejoice
2. Anticipate "the possibilities of tomorrow."
3. Remain in awe of sunsets
4. "Wherever they are, whatever they may be, seek out your passions and cultivate them" while also being mindful "that it is far better to do good for others, than to do good for oneself."
5. Be curious. Start by finding another lesson yourself.

Rest in peace, Loren and happy new year to all my readers.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everybody! It has hard to believe that 2011 has come and gone. 2012 arrived in such a flash. Time seems to go faster and faster, the older I get.

It will be a year of new possibilities. A year to do some of the things I didn't do last year. I will not do a summary of the past year. It is over and it is time to move on. This is part of my resolve to live in the now, and not dwell on the past and future. I will live day by day and not worry about things I can't change (easier said than done). Despite Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, I am still here to see yet another year (In July I will be 44). For this I am thankful. Because of this gift, I must enjoy life to the best of my abilities. I will try not to sweat the little things. This year I hope to get even more active in disability advocacy and speak more clearly for those without a voice. With challenges to independent living for people with disabilities there is much work to be done. I may even take it to the street.  I neglected my blog last year, but this year I plan to be more prolific. Now it is time to embrace 2012. Bring it on! I am up to whatever the year throws at me. Just hope I hit more home runs than strike outs.