2010 Defined

As we enter the next year (and next decade) I am excited to see what the Lord has in store for us.















Just as I love Mondays I also love the start of a new year...such anticipation and hope...a brand new year with renewed motivation to prioritize and refocus on what I really want my life to be about.

It has become our tradition to take some time the week between Christmas and the New Year as a couple and as individuals and come up with certain goals and aspirations for the upcoming year.

This past week as I been doing my quiet times and focusing on what I want my goals to be this year I decided to do things a little different. I've always done a list of goals...1, 2, 3...etc. And, yes, I do have a few goals in mind that follow a list format. A lot of my 2009 goals weren't really year specific and I plan on continuing them into this new year as well.

But, I also prayed about the Lord impressing to me some words and character traits that I can focus on and will define my 2010.

So much of this upcoming year, with the adoption and such, is completely outside of my control. I realize (and am oddly at peace) with this and choose to focus on what I can control and what the Lord has made me responsible for.

So, without further ado here's to a year defined by...

Contentment

Generosity

and being Intentional.

And my 2010 goals and aspirations list:

For the kids...
-Teach Ella to read and have a more structured school time with her.
-Expose them both to lots of new experiences.

For myself...
-Reach a new fitness level (beyond my normal runs)
-Save for the camera I really want and really learn how to use it.

For Jeremiah...
-Be more spontaneous

And because I can't leave out the Grandma's in our life...
-Travel to see family more

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