25% COMPLETE

The year is one fourth of the way behind us. January didn't start on the best of paths. I'd hoped for the subsequent months to be an improvement. That has not been the case.

2010 is quickly shaping itself as one of the worst years on record. Illness, death, legal issues, monetary shortfalls, addictions, unemployment, mechanical failures, disrupted educations, drastic declines in the health of beloved family pets, and more have all contributed in major, powerful ways. And that is just in my immediate family circle.

Perhaps it is prophetic that the remaining three-quarters of the year starts with Easter. After all, Easter signifies redemption, rebirth and renewal. Let's pray that it likewise signifies the end to all the turmoil and upheaval to which we've become so accustomed since January.

Until the next quarter...