Why does it just feel better?

The New Year brings with it a sense of renewal.  It just seems like we have already forgotten all the troubles and difficulties of last year.  All with the dropping of a single ball.  Why is it that we feel more optimistic, more excited about the possibilities that await us?  I can't imagine what a year end would look like without Thanksgiving and Christmas.  It's like they knew we would be tired of the year so they put a couple of holiday's in the way to give us the distractions we need to take our minds off the weariness we feel.  I, for one, am glad to see 2008 sail into the sunset, all ablaze and stinking of fish.  Actually, it's been a bitter sweet year for us, with miracles and challenges abounding.  So for those I am grateful.  But, like seeing a small hint of green grass under the snow, I am excited for the calendar to move along.  We've set out goals, we've sworn off the things we promise not to eat, and now we can move towards getting one more year behind us.

I am going to really eat better.  Not just because I can't see the screen over my stomach or my new 'relaxing' pants come with tie downs and pegs, but because Jodi has said we are now all going to eat better, exercise, and take better care of each other.  I guess that means we have to put batteries in the scale.  I am also going to be better at studying the scriptures.  Not just reading them, but really studying them.  I am also going to try to use the word "sweltering" more often in my conversations.  This past year my word was "unprecedented".  Boy, am I glad I wont have to use that word any more.

Happy New Year.