I used to come into every new year with a list of things I wanted to accomplish and/or have happen in my life.
Some were achievable, others were probably unrealistic.
Never did I manage to check every one off the list. Not once.
So now I'm paring down my list of demands, mostly because I am in no position to demand anything. It's more of a plea, I guess.
All I want this year is for everyone I love who is alive and well on January 1st to still be alive and well on December 31st.
This is a lot to ask, I know. It's unfair to ask God that I experience no pain or suffering when you consider the amount of pain and suffering experienced every day by most of the 8 billion other people in the world.
But I'm asking anyway. While I haven't lost an inordinate number of family and friends to this point in my life, I've lost enough that I would like to keep the ones I still have as long as I can.
So, if it's all the same to 2025, I would appreciate it if the people in my life can just get through the next 365 days healthy and happy. Or at least vertical and breathing.
Really, it doesn't feel like that much to ask.
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