Life often seems to throw things at us – perhaps to let us know we’re still alive. How we perceive and react to these things is a choice.

Life always offers (at least three) options. We may choose from the (three) most obvious options, create one(s) of our own, or refuse to choose – which is actually a choice in itself (to not actively select, reject, or create an alternative, but, instead, to passively accept whatever we get).

Today, like all others, is the start of a new year. When beginning anything, the idea is usually also to be gaining something. Initiative can be good – but is better when it also includes finishitive. It’s very seldom enough to just initiate; we usually must also “integrate”

Life may be many things, but most are measured in time. Every moment is, literally, the time of our lives! While we do not always make the “best” use of it (in a “timely” manner), most people are at least aware of and are able to appreciate the “passage” of time – and, on some level, realize that NOW is all there is. In the respect of an eternal present moment, time does not exist – and yet humans have created numerous incredibly elaborate methods and systems of categorizing and recording time. It sometimes seems like our culture “worships” time (and money). The concept of time that sometimes seems to vary the most is the (yearly) calendar.

Each of us has our own perspective: a different vantage point and a unique perception and interpretation. There are things we can see that others cannot – and there are things that others can see, often quite clearly, that we cannot.

Our health, wealth, and happiness are the result of our habits. The word “habit” originally meant an article of clothing and we still use it that way when referring to a nun’s costume or the attire worn while riding horses.

Like our clothing, our habits tend to identify, express and cover every aspect of our lives.