January 21, 2022

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Teach us to count our days aright,
That we may gain wisdom of heart.
Psalm 90:12

Here we are in the middle of January. Have you transitioned into writing 2022 instead of 2021? Have you asked yourself how can it be 2022 already? As a young child, the year drags along ever so slowly. For adults, just as we begin to get comfortable with the digits, they will change quickly. Yet we know as a child or as an adult, there will be 365 days in 2022 just as there were in other years.

How, then, will these 365 days in 2022 make a difference in our lives? We know there are three kinds of people – those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. Presuming that each of us wishes to be in the first category, we must decide what goal will help us to make things happen, not necessarily for ourselves, but for others. In other words, in the small area of this world that we affect, what shall we do that will create a synergy for good?

This question must be answered personally by each of us. Perhaps it involves greater time spent with a spouse, child, or family. Perhaps it means listening before speaking. Perhaps it suggests eating together once a week as a total family. Perhaps it involves daily prayer. Whatever it is, it needs to be chosen freely, be of importance personally, and, in the end positively affect the world in which we live, move and have our being.

If each of us would choose to make a commitment of positive growth in 2022, what a different world it would be!