Difficult, But Not Impossible

2012 has been a very difficult year for me so far.

Without going into depressing details, I have received so much bad news and cried more in this first month than I have in the past ten years. So much so that I have come to believe that the only way to go now is up, because slipping even further down the slope is not an option.

I mean, I have a family, after all. It can't always be about me.

So I have decided to pick myself up and move forward, leave the ugly past behind and look to the future.

My concentration needs to be on my future dreams and goals and how to go about achieving them.

I have floundered around with my Etsy business for long enough. It is time to put the work in and make something of it. Like everyone, I was blessed with God-given talents and it was about time I honored Him by using them to their full potential.

If anyone is in need of a list of resolutions in this new year, it is me:

• I am determined to free myself of the negative influences in my life that continually drag me down, be they be persons or things.

• I am determined to keep the faith in both myself and my abilities and that God is always here to help me become the person He and I have always wanted me to be.

• I will recognize that the only thing to fear is fear itself.

• I will always keep moving forward, never looking back, learning from my mistakes with no regrets.