This year, as I feel my breath upon the door of 2019, I find myself reflecting on the old and the new.
If we make it through the door of the new, who is to say whether we will see it through, but if we do, I am talking to you. Before we look forward to the new year, we must bid those we left behind a fitting adieu. If we only we could have bought them more time, if only. Oh, if only. There is nothing we could do to keep them here. They have celebrated their last New Year, pondered their last problem and are now from the cares of this life. We, however, are very much up to our necks in life. So, as we look in the rearview and cast our eyes ahead, in their honor, let us contemplate how we can end the bloodshed and the hatred that they were born into. Let us also, in their honor, consider the world’s present state. What is to be our fate if we don’t do something to change those things that will eventually destroy us all. How can we avoid the almost inevitable fall of mankind? I am not trying to paint a picture of gloom and doom, but it’s clear we are adding down a dark path. We have got to make this year different. Collectively, we must consider our direction. Individually, we must ask ourselves what we are willing to commit to in 2019? Will we destroy or create? 2019 is a slate yet clean. If we are blessed, we will have 365 days to place under construction. What are we going to create? Will we create harmony or discord? The choice is ours to make. In honor of those who no longer can have the ability to create a better tomorrow, let us make a vow to not only build a year that they would be proud of but to also build a world that they would have been proud to be a part of. 2019, under construction. What are you going to build?
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