Happy New Year

It’s 4pm and I’m supposed to be at our mountain home waiting for guest to arrive for a little get together tonight. We don’t have internet so I’m sitting in a coffee shop called “Java The Hut”. No kidding. The coffee is okay and I’m thinking about my life, all of you and what’s ahead. None of us knows what 2009 will bring. Heck, we had no idea what was going to happen last year and look at what we did. I’m glad 2008 is almost over. I would never go back but I would never have wanted to miss that experience either. What’s ahead? I don’t know and I’m glad I don’t know. I’m sure life will be filled with moments of drama, laughter, sadness and everything in between. What I hope changes this year is how I respond to all of that. If there is one thing the campaign taught me is that I can do anything. After 23-New Years as a News Guy, now I’m  free and wondering what is to come. In that freedom I have this great sense that great things are coming. So, Happy New Year everyone.

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  Jon December 31, 2008 at 4:30 pm

  Happy New Year! I admire your ability to hang loose and look to the future with enthusiasm. I hope your dreams are fulfilled.
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  Karen, your sister December 31, 2008 at 5:29 pm

  It has been a year of changes in many ways! Last year I was up there – had been for about 6 days. Enjoy your vacation!
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  GregK January 1, 2009 at 9:26 am

  Funny how we get reflective when we go from one year to the next. Then we wake up on Jan. 1 and the world is just the same as we left it on Dec. 31. I’m with you Rick, what needs to change is me. There is nothing I can do about the world, except for my own little corner. The funnier thing, though, is that when I start down the Freedom Trail (Galatians 5 comes to mind) my corner of the world gets rocked and may just change a whole lot more than just a little corner. I’m heading for 2009 hoping that the Freedom that lives in me will be multiplied to many. Have a wondrous new year!
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  Rick Dancer January 1, 2009 at 4:46 pm

  I have this strong sense that the change that is coming is not what the american people think it will be or even what I think it will be. I have no hope in any system, person or program. I have no faith in religion or common sense. But I know God has a plan and that gives me great comfort.
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  Shane Mattenley January 1, 2009 at 8:03 pm

  Hey Rick,

  You do have a way of ruining my day. Your December 28 post picked up my ego and smashed it against the rocks… That’s all I have, buddy… The list is my ego. It is the great equalizer against those internal equations that I work out in my head that tell me what I am worth.

  Now I’m mad at you.

  What am I worth without my list… especially when I am about to embark (well… already have as of today) on 2009?

  I know the answer, but it isn’t what I naturally gravitate to.

  Thanks for the post.

  Shane