Out with the old.
In with the new.
The year 2024 will provide a new dimension and at the same time more of the same.
It is up to each one of us to decide what is important in our lives and protect, enhance, and perpetuate the good things in our lives. At the same time we must seek to reduce, eliminate, and change those negative elements which keep us from our best selves. They are what the transition in years means to us, or, at least should mean to us each day and each week.
Resolve to….
Consciously, or subconsciously, we are aware of our efforts for improvements. What we do and what we can do to make improvements remain the goal and the question within ourselves.
Out with the old and in with the new. Perpetually.
•How each of us relates to our community in the larger sense is an ongoing thought and phrase. Can we help make improvements in and sustain the good works extant within each community? Even in small ways every positive step should exist and be a resolution every day and not just the first days of the year.
Our better selves should exist and be included in Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan. 15 this year, The movement from the 1960s is far greater than a focus on a specific group, or ethnicity. In the higher sense, MLK Day is relevant to each person seeking to reach for a higher cause, a higher purpose, and each of us seeking to be the best element of ourselves. It is a never-ending cycle. The goal is perpetually just beyond our grasp and our effort to obtain the goal is constant.
•The first week of the year is just as important and essential as the last week of the year. It must be in our DNA, in our soul, to be the best element of ourselves. An inner guidance can be helpful along the way.
•The Garfield Farm Museum in LaFox/Campton Hills, just west of Geneva is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Living history is important and many donors have helped to keep the reality of the Museum alive over the last half-century. Many donors have been especially helpful since the 1980s. The bucket list for the Museum’s 50th anniversary this year is to receive $2. million to complete the various project under way and at the same time have the endowment grow by $6 million to $10 million. More than 530 donors have given more than 10 or more gifts. That’s dedication.