I read a sentence the other day where the author said, simply, “there is always hope.” This has become my mantra for everything that is going on in my life. See, things haven’t been great at work, and they certainly haven’t been great at home. I have been having a really hard time trying to put on a brave face for the past 6 weeks, and most days I do OK, but sometimes I break.

But there is always hope.

Hope is the thing that allowed me to do my own self-inventory and learn what I need to change about myself in order to sustain a healthy relationship. Hope is what made me take a chance on something at work. Hope is what allows me to be vulnerable in ways that I never imagined. And hope is what keeps me on the roads in even the coldest weather – the hope that one day I will run farther and faster than I ever have before.

Anyway. I have hope. I’m not making any promises for this year, but I am working toward where I want to be, and who I want to be.

And I hope that your year is wonderful.