Think of all that has happened in the last year.  I started speaking at conferences for the first time, three of them to be exact.  Over a year ago I submitted a proposal for an exhibition of my photo-collages but hadn’t heard back anything by 1/1/11.  Now I am 4 days away from the exhibition’s opening night (Living Arts of Tulsa, Friday, January 6th, 6-9pm). I had one daughter living in Tulsa and one in Seattle.  Now I have one in parts unknown and one in Berkeley, CA. Those are just a few things among many.  Two of those events I made happen by putting myself out there.  My daughter’s life events I had very little control over, watching mainly from the sidelines.

What about you?  What happened this year? What happen that you had some control over? What happened you had very little control over?

Stuff is going to happen to you in the next year.  Stuff you can’t control and have no say in.  But there will be plenty of things that will happen ONLY if you decide to make them happen. Are you going to push to make things happen, believing they can happen if you set your mind to it or are you going to let opportunities pass by, believing you are not able or being fearful of possible bad outcomes?

Will you look back on 1/1/13 and feel you did what you could?

Drawing, commentary and quote by Marty Coleman, a man who likes the funny stuff.