Year-end reflection is a common theme in media, interested persons given to thoughtfulness, and those who seek improvement in many areas.
Affixing a value judgment to a year, good, bad, or, indifferent, may have some rules to an evaluation, however, it is more of a personal reflection.
There may be a wide range to what happens in a person’s life, however, we live life in greater variety than we may choose to think of our lives.
Yes, there are many items which repeat, continually, in a daily life, some out of necessity, however, the person who want one thrilling event to follow the previous thrilling event, often may be disappointed.
Important events may include changes in personal situations, such as birth, death, moving residences, losing friends, gaining friends, changes in both vocations and avocations, shifts in interests, and external features. The latter may include shifts in weather, sickness and disease, physical impairments, and accidental situations.
Through it all, seeking consistency often is most helpful. It may not be thrill-a-moment, however, the emotional variations which accompany a wide range of experiences may be excessively exhausting.
Keep it simple ….it may be easier to handle.
New Year’s wish for all: May we find a sense of achievement, adventure, resolution, refinement, consistency, and comfort. Balance and thoughtfulness should prevail all year. Blessings!
• This week in The Voice we have an emphasis on 2022 in Review! Reflection, kept in proper perspective, can be instructive. One person’s joy may be of no interest to another person. It purely shows us members of society are more diverse than many of us may think. It keeps us in the spice of life, if we can just recognize the variation may be neither positive nor negative. We have the capability to see our lives in a positive light.
• Looking ahead: Next week we will have a photo and information on East Aurora Dr. Jennifer Norrell, superintendent of East Aurora School District 131. She will receive honors as the 2023 African American Leader of The Year during the city government of Aurora’s African American Heritage Advisory Board’s 17th Annual Heritage Scholarship Dinner in February. She has moved the school district to improvement. She will endorse the Henry Coward Memorial Scholarship to high school students at East Aurora High School. Certainly the late Henry Coward offered many good years is helping students of the district.
• Aurora will be host to the 38th annual Aurora MLK Commemoration Ceremony, “Be a Drum Major for Justice, Equity, and Mentorship” at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16 at East Aurora High School. The ceremony will be an evening of empowerment and action with youth performances, special awards, community announcements, and insightful remarks. Attorney, author, and television personality, Star Jones will be a guest. She was an original co-host on The View television show.
Short takes, important and not so important:
• The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley has awarded Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity a $20,000 grant for equipment and materials to install an eCommerce business in the Fox Valley Habitat Restore, 2302 W. Indian Trail Road in Aurora.
• The Batavia Public Library became a partner with Creativebug in November 2022 to bring classes taught by top creatives directly to patrons for free. Creativebug is a database offering online video arts and crafts workshops and techniques.
• New Year’s resolution is only as good as the person’s commitment to be serious and keep the growth.
• Oswego Presbyterian Church, 1976 Rt. 25 will be host to a trivia night at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan 21.