Have a Happy and Healthy New Year

Things I have learned or re-learned in 2009:

• You can always put anything off until tomorrow.
• Dogs love you unconditionally.
• Children and grandchildren are among God's greatest blessings.
• Hearing loss is the pits.
• Hairstyles (and hair) come and go.
• You can still drive a car after it is paid for.
• You can teach an old dog new tricks.
• Great music is timeless.
• The Bible is still relevant to life's issues.
• It is possible (though not easy) to change long standing habits.
• I have the smartest and most wonderful grandchildren in the world
• Depression is more than "rainy days and Mondays."
• Good health is a blessing from God. I should not take it for granted.
• God knew what He was doing when He gave you children when you were young.
• Life is a mystery -- and an adventure.
• Life is more "gray" than "black and white."
• Nothing is simple.
• God has a sense of humor.
• You can love what you do for a living.
• God has a plan for every person and you cannot be happy if you are out of that plan.
• Baseball is still the "national past time."
• Laughter is good medicine.
• Balance is the key to almost everything.
• The Church is of God.
• Saints are not perfect people.
• Everybody messes up at times.
• God is faithful.
• A soft answer turns away wrath. (I know it. I wish I found it easier to practice.)
• The person who is absolutely, positively certain often isn't.
• Still water runs deep.
• A rattling wagon carries no load.
• It is possible to be content with your circumstances no matter what they are.
• Being content is not the same as satisfied.
• There is always something else to learn.
• Friends are friends forever.
• God is good.
• I am a blessed man.
• Growing older is not too bad.
• There are more good people than bad.
• There are a lot of good United Methodist preachers -- but there's room for more.
• People, especially Christian people, are generous when presented with a need.
• Much of what we count as "essential" really isn't.
• It rains on the just and the unjust alike.
• You can learn more by listening than by talking (I still have a lot of work on this one).
• Travel is a wonderful way to learn and grow. (Wish I could do more.)
• All people are more alike than different.
• I don’t deserve all the good that comes my way. Nor the bad for that matter.
• I need others.
• There are more ways to serve God than we can imagine.
• Ice cream is the perfect comfort food.
• When you fall down there is always someone to help you up.
• God loves me just as I am -- but helps me to be better.

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