Another year ...

So another year has passed ... and with it comes the inevitable round of self-assessment. You know other animals don't do this to themselves. You don't hear about Dolphins staring at their navels, critically assessing their pluses and minuses. They don't sit at home alone sucking back a bottle of wine or two talking to themselves about what they should've, would've, and could’ve done. Dolphins don't promise themselves they will do better in the year to come  ... okay maybe you don't do that either. Stop judging! But people do ... sit back and take stock; although often too critically. And, well I'm no different than those of you who do. But I have another dimension to add to this year's WTF. This year, nine former colleagues and friends won't be celebrating 2012 with family and friends. Their lives have come to an end. Their dreams, their hopes, their world, their loves are only memories for others. Good people with good lives, with good friends, with good family no longer able to ruminate about possibilities. To the best of my knowledge, that is the purview of the living. So what to make of that?

Life is short. There is no should’ve, would’ve, could’ve when you’re gone. So maybe the Dolphins have it right. Maybe all there really is and ever has been, is right now. So instead of making promises, or beating ourselves up about things that have already passed … maybe we should just get on with living our imperfect lives and loving the fact that we can … no matter how well or not so well we execute it.

Have a great New Year … I like you just the way you are.