Happy New Year 2024

Dearest Friends,

Though we have the freedom to set new goals for ourselves anytime, often the start of a new year prompts us to commit to the changes that we know we need to make in our lives. Goals related to improving our health, improving our finances, improving relationships and more, are often top of mind at the start of the new year.

This new year, I’m thinking about the goals that give rise to purpose in my life. How can I have a greater impact on the wellbeing of others?

Right now, there is so much hurt in the world. So many are suffering both near and far. The globalization of our communications and the immediacy of current news brings the awareness of the most terrible acts and atrocities almost as quickly as they occur. It can all feel overwhelming, leaving us with a feeling of powerlessness to make a difference in the darkness.

It brings me to wonder, how can my, our, simple acts of love and kindness make any impact?

I must believe that with every act of kindness and purpose, we impact the world. That our actions light a single candle of hope and combined with the loving acts of others, the light grows greater, and the collective impact of love can be more than we ever imagined.

This January we celebrate this bright new year and the holiday that honors the late Martin Luther King, Jr. We remember Dr. King’s life of purpose and his incredible impact on our world, and I am reminded of his words:

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”

So, I commit this year to lighting more small candles of hope and I pray that others will join me in fighting the darkness, not with more animosity but with love, compassion, and small acts of caring for those around us.

May 2024 be the year that hope and compassion reign. And may this new year be filled with blessings and love!

Warmly,
Veronica