Never Have An Uneventful Year

Greetings:

This time of year I receive many holiday letters recounting the year's events of family and friends. I enjoy these letters and look forward to receiving them. One letter stood out this year. It was the letter from my godmother and began, "This year has been an uneventful year." Each year brings challenges and successes, but no year should ever be uneventful.

When I read the letter to my husband his remark was, "It would be great to have an uneventful year with no problems, no difficulties." Certainly it would be nice to limit the problems and difficulties of life, but I am not sure we would want to eliminate all challenges. As humans we often grow and learn the most when we have problems and difficulties to overcome; but events are not just problems. Events are also great trips, making new friends and learning something new. Every year should be so filled with events that there would never be any way to put them all in a letter.


As we look ahead to the year's events, plan right now to have an eventful year. The joy of life comes from the events experienced. If nothing eventful is happening in your life, my guess is you are not growing, stretching or taking risks. Life isn't meant to be uneventful. It should be jammed packed full of events, experiences, challenges and even a problem or two. Live life to the fullest, and never have an uneventful year.

Here's to a very eventful year,

Rachelle