Celebrating the Successes!

As we reflect back on 2009 let’s celebrate our accomplishments.  It has been a year full of surprises, challenges, and blessings for ourselves as well as the many people in our lives.  There have been goals that exceeded our expectations while others proved to be great character building opportunities.  Take a moment to objectively review your goals whether you have them written down or not.  It is a wonderful a time to remember both the personal and professional opportunities that have taken place over the past few months.  Here are a few areas to review:

• Relationships – certain relationships may have blossomed into something even more precious while others have gone in less desirable directions.  Have you been taking time to nurture and grow your relationships over the past year?  We are blessed with wonderful family members, friends, and professionals that need our time and attention.

• Health – we can be thankful for each day that we have an opportunity to enjoy.  We may be in perfect health or possibly we have overcome some health challenges personally or gone through it with a friend or family, whatever our case may be, we are blessed with another day to make an impact on the lives of those around us.

• Finances – it has been a great year for some while very difficult year for others.  The neat part is many people have taken the time to learn how to budget, cut back on the extras, and show their family ways to give to those who are going through a tough season.   It is a wonderful time of year to be thankful for what you have and to help others.

• Knowledge – everyday is filled with new opportunities to learn and gain experience.  Many exciting activities have taken place in the lives of those around us – new businesses have been started, Social Media has been a whirlwind of new experiences, couples were married, children were born, schooling completed, and many other great accomplishments were made.  Think about the new experiences in your life and how you are a better person because of the knowledge you have gained this year.

Whether it has been a wildly successful or challenging year for you we all have accomplishments that we can be thankful for in our lives.   And for those goals that you haven’t quite met yet you still have a couple more weeks.  Give it all you got!