Be You

There is a moment in your life when you realize that you got this...I am almost 60 years old and I have discovered that even the most confident people on the face of the earth deal with lack of self confidence.
This week Darrin and I have been working on laying down the plans for two car shows to be held  this year.  I have seen the reports from Darrin on how he has accomplished this and that. He has always been my rock and my better half.   Darrin happen to make a phone call to a possible venue for an event.  He sounded lost as he tried to ask questions and I thought to myself that it sounded like me on the phone.

In just that moment I realized something I wish I had know when I was in my early 20's.  What would have been different in my life.  Then I think why would I think that changing the past would matter.  How will I use this to change my future?  What will I go for that I have been uneasy about because I want to stay in my comfort zone.
I have the opportunity to make the choices that direct my life everyday.  I am the only one that is holding me back.
Jesus said that with Him all things are possible.  He didn't day you will have 100 percent confidence so all things are possible.  Trust Him and you got this.

New Years Traditions

This year New Years was eventful.  It followed a very fun Christmas so expectations were very low.  No going out with friends to ring in the new year. No big dinner with family.  We were both good with that.
My plans for the day included putting the rest of the Christmas decorations away and doing some house work.
The Rose Bowl Parade and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are two of my favorite parades to watch on TV and are both on my bucket list to attend in person.  I turned the TV on early to watch as I waited for the parade to start.
My attention was drawn to a talk show as I took ornaments off the tree and placed them in the boxes.  It was not long that the talk show had grabbed my total attention.  The group of four young men and women began to talk about superstitions.
The first one they talked about is the foods you must eat to bring good fortune for the upcoming year.  Things like black eyed peas and cabbage.  All this talk made me think of my trip to Japan at the New Year many years ago.  Families made long hikes to temples to buy their fortune for the year and pay their respect to their gods.
The show attracted my attention again as a young man explained that his mother would call him every New Year morning to make sure he was not washing clothes.  Every year he would explain to his mother he was not washing clothes.  After several years he decided to ask his mother why she would do this.  Her response was that if you washed clothed on New Years Day that you would wash a family member out of you life.
I immediatelyTV thought to myself.  "Oh No!,  I am on my second load of laundry"