Change is Good...

Change is good...or so they say. I'm still unsure.

Change, at least in my humble opinion, is sometimes good, sometimes bad and sometimes, well, just simply change. For example, we are all about to embark on a journey into the New Year of 2007. (How can this possibly be, by the way? Didn't this just happen a couple months ago?) For most, a new year symbolizes a fresh start, new things to come, new hope, new plans, new ideas, and new opportunities. All good things.

Then again, the coming of a new year can bring painful memories to the surface. A couple remains childless into yet another new year. A child remains very ill for a third straight year. A difficult situation spans another year. Sometimes change isn't all it's cracked up to be.

And then there are just simply changes for the sake of changes in a new year. Changing jobs, perhaps for the better....hopefully so, but with so many unknowns. Changing friendships, some growing closer and stronger while others, out of necessity, seem to fall by the wayside. Changing directions, no longer certain that the current path is the best one and stepping out on faith that something new will lead to better things. All things considered, none of the changes are strictly necessary, but happen anyhow because although we are creatures of habit, we still also all seek more and better and new and different.

And so, in this time of change, this changing of years to something New, may you and your family find happiness and contentment and joy and sweetness that comes in the hope of all things new. Happy New Year!!