Repost: Serving Others

The past 2 weeks at church, I've been thinking of my friend Mark. This was primarily brought on by my own reflections in January and by the music selected for the Mass. Steve Angrisano played at Mark's funeral and they were friends. We've closed Mass the past 2 weeks with "Make A Difference" by Mr. Angrisano, so my thoughts usually go to Mark. 

I want to repost this blog because Mark is still a part of my life and his lessons to me still resonate. Mark's widow, Carol, was at Mass tonight and it is always great to see her. We've also reconnected this week with our former youth minister. We shouldn't let these folks out of life but connect with them more regularly!

Happy New Year!

I've been off work for a few days and its been nice. I monitored email and took care of some minor items, but mostly I've spent some time with family, tried to be helpful around the house as my wife has been under the weather and generally just enjoyed some down time. Tomorrow, work calls again, so I'll spend part of today getting ready: mentally and physically!

I've also spent part of the morning (I'm writing this at 10:30A) reflecting on 2017 and looking forward to 2018. I've reached some notions of what I need to do in 2018 both professionally and personally. Generally, there's a small handful of things that I want to do that I believe will make a huge difference for me in 2018. I won't bore you with those here because they're really about me and not anything else.

Today, I also plan to exercise some and do some work around the house. Its too cold to do anything outside, but I also don't want to veg watching bowl games all day. We have a busy week this week and really for the coming several weeks, so we've got to get ready!

I encourage each of you to do the same today. Its the start of a new year so embrace that and work to make 2018 your best year yet!