Renewed Beginnings

 

    The new year of 2026 is here. And it’s something that I’m heavily thinking about. Not just about what’s happening currently in the world, but moreover, where does the future lie?

    It’s been over four months since I’ve written an entry in this blog. And I want to apologize right now for my lack of effort and motivation in not keeping it up. Life just happens and sometimes just distracts or redirects us from reaching our goals. And that’s exactly the point I want to talk about in this entry.

    Like most of you, I’m sure, I am tired of not being able to reach my goals or my potential. I’m not going to knock on the obstacles that life sometimes throws at us. That goes with the territory. No. What I’m tired of is my lack of motivation to be able to get back up while I’m down. I’m tired of the excuses or reasons I give for not being able to achieve what I want. I’m also tired of me saying, due to my lagging, I’ll do it later today, tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, or even ten years, etc.

    At the beginning of 2025 last year I said I was going to make a difference. And wouldn’t you know, I again fell back into my old habits of not being motivated. However, also within that year I’ve had a lot of time to reflect. So all wasn’t heavily wasted. I’ve finally made a decision. I’m going to keep going! I’m going to work at my absolute hardest and best to not only find my purpose on this Earth, but also to fulfill whatever mission I’ve been tasked with when it comes to my writing or whatever else I may discover on this journey. Not to sound religious, but if God (for those of you who believe in him), or any other entity or natural or supernatural force you may believe in, gave me a gift and I didn’t use it, it would be a waste.

    Now, for some of you, I’m sure this sounds like the typical new year’s resolution bullshit that most people will always say and attempt and wind up giving up after a short while or never try at all. Hell, me now being in my forties, it may even seem that I’m going through a midlife crisis. But truly I tell you now that I really mean it! I’m not getting any younger and I’ve now reached that point in my life that I’ve come to believe that we’re not destined to be on this Earth forever. (At least not yet. Science and/or Divine intervention have yet to determine that.) So the question for me is: What do I do until then? The answer is simple: Use my gift of writing to contribute to others and see where it leads. As I said in my first entry:

 “With this blog, I hope I can inspire someone else (even if it’s only one person) to open up their minds and hearts and make it possible to enable them to connect with the rest of the world.”

    That’s my goal! And what a better time to renew and restart the launch of it then at the beginning of a new year.

    This year, you will see in this blog more entries featuring my writing works and of course what books I’m reading starting with the ones I’ve read this past fall. (That’s the next entry, by the way.) I would like to get into other forms of art as well such as music or drawing. Perhaps even some photography. We’ll just have to wait and see. One step at a time. Writing right now is the main focus. God, it’s great to be back, and I’m looking forward to sharing my work with you all. I sincerely hope that this entry helps inspire and motivates you. But I know that words aren’t enough. However, the work I feel will be.

    Here’s to the year 2026!

    A year for transition. To new beginnings. And new destines . . .