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Did anyone find it odd that today's actual date is 1/1/11??

I've seen so many posts and status updates on Facebook where people are simply sick of the same old life they've been living day after day. Looking back and seeing nothing but things they wanted to change but didn't and things they didn't want to change did.

So many people start of with a great vision of what the year will accomplish and then fall short before they reach the finish line. Why?

We've read all the books, gotten advice from everyone we know, seen at the latest products and shows to gear us up, but what we truly lack is determine, drive and desire.

This year I challenge to you finally do something about what you've been saying you want to do with your life. Everyone dreams the dream but so few ever make it a reality. With God's help, anything is possible. No dream is too far fetched, well that is if you are expecting pigs to really fly and niagra falls stops falling.

It's time to be accountable. For Steve and I, we've lived our lives for everyone else, living in certain places to make being with family and friends more accessible, but the reality is, once we moved, nothing changed. The visits didn't increase, in fact, people are just different now. At least the ones I know. People are becoming more reclusive, not social. They are forgetting how to live life and instead simply exist from day to day, hoping this day will be different.

So this is the year of making plans to make things different, whether it may be a change in location, a change in our weekend plans, or simply just getting out. No more looking back in regret with a heavy sigh and seeing your dreams slide backwards. With God's help, this year, we are pushing forward.

We look forward to all the new beginnings and we embrace the change that's coming. The sooner we can adapt to that change, the sooner it becomes normal and no longer a struggle. It's like fighting a riptide by swimming to show, instead of swimming to the side away from the pull and then safely back to shore.

Seeing at today is the beginning of new opportunities, new possibilities and new horizons, I stand boldly and take a giant leap forward. What are your plans for the 2011 year? Stop dreaming the dream and make it real!