Happy New Year
January 1 always feels like a new beginning. Last night, after just barely making it til midnight, I put 2008 in dream land and set my sights on 2009. I woke this morning to new hope, a new year and rain.
I’ve always liked the rain; the air has a crispness that smells clean. The street gets a washing, mother nature’s way of starting new I think. The drops of water pound the asphalt, brick, shingle and grass, but never breaking through. Water leaves foot prints in the dirt, finds the path of least resistance and heads down. Business is a lot like the dirt: We leave tracks as we navigate the economy seeking the path of least resistance.
2009 for me has many hopes and ambitions; some left over from 2008, others new out of necessity or growth. Like dirt after being pitted from heavy rain drops, the winds of commerce smooth away the wrinkles. Every start-up business has difficult challenges. Mine is no different from the next. I only hope I have the wisdom to learn from mistakes made in 2008.
After a beautiful white Christmas and a music filled year, I am looking forward to more: more love, more joys, more business, more music, more service to God, more special times with my wife. Success is meaningless without Kay, without family, without “together”. Life is empty alone. I choose to be positive in the face of challenging economic times. I choose to be optimistic for our nation’s future. Most importantly I choose to look forward to tomorrow.
Happy New Year to all. May 2009 bring peace to your life and sanity with your decisions. May 2009 be everything you hope for and more. May 2009 be the positive winds of change that smooth over the pits caused by 2008. And May 2009 bring all of us closer together.
Ed Bejarana
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