Resolutions

I am trying to be optimistic and make it to the new year. Woo hoo! My new year resolutions are a pretty tall order this year.

Wake up alive.

Spread smiles.

Be kinder, nicer, gentler.

Laugh more, cry less.

Sounds like a difficult plan!

I haven't been able to take doggy to the bark park lately. The last few days, I can barely make it to the dump and back with him. But if we don't carry our little bag of garbage out daily, then it will get to be too heavy or too big. I pray this is just a temporary hiccup. The pain has gotten to me, and I just can't get much of anything done at all. 

I keep smiling and counting, chanting and meditating, praying and wishing. 

All sorts of people around me are having a really rough time and I wish only the best for them, to get well, to smile, to be happy.