In the first entry from her book Simple Abundance Sarah Ban Breathnach begins with a quote from Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. "There are years that ask questions and years that answer." This quote presents the opportunity to move beyond setting resolutions and to move closer to an analysis of the year gone by in order to use that data to create a road map for the new year.
Some years seem to ask more questions than they answer; they leave us with more opportunity to look for answers in the new year. It is not easy to deal with the questions. Questions are often associated with trials and disasters. Certainly 2005 presented more questions than answers during the hurricane season when Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. It may be that those questions still have not been answered. Years in which we lose love ones pose questions that may baffle more than clarify. As we enter 2011 a new decade in the 21st century hopefully answers will come in volumes and questions will come with new directions and instructions included.
Part of my day will be used to examine 2010. I am looking for the progress that I have made using the questions from the past. But part of my day will be used to examine the BCS Bowl progress. Football is an important part of the day.
I am tucked up in my easy chair with a cup of hot coffee, a book, and the remote. Ring in the New Year: Go Gators and Roll Tide. Happy New Year dear friends.
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