Happy 2017!

A clean slate.

A new day … A new year.

Are you ready to embrace life?

You get 12 months in this new year.

That is 12 months broken into 4 seasons—plenty of time to make something happen.

You get 52 weeks. Pick one of them and go somewhere exotic.

You get 365 days. Why not stop and soak in the moments?

The clock is ticking. You start with 24 hours today.

But don’t fret; you have 8,760 hours waiting for you this year.

That’s 365 sunrises and 365 sunsets. Will you stop and admire at least one of them?

Or maybe, in the middle of life’s rush and hurry, you will pause, tilt your face to the sun, and inhale a deep, cleansing breath of fresh air. That small act will only take one of the 525,600 minutes you get this year.

Maybe you will grant yourself another minute on a cool, dark starry night. Why not pause, glance up at the sky, and take it all in?

How about identifying constellations with a friend? You have over 7 billion people on this planet to choose from.

Make this the year you stop and encourage at least one person. Isn’t it about time we get to know the heart that accompanies the face of the person next door … or in the next cubicle?

This is your new beginning. This is your new day.

Think of the endless possibilities.

Don’t let life slip away.