I've had a few reality checks of late... on pretty much every front and to the core in several. The particulars are not all that important. But the offering, the gift through it all have been enlightening to me.
Perspective is significant. I tend to pride myself on seeing multiple viewpoints.
But in the end perspective only gets you so far. And often only as far as my own perspective yields itself.
But I have come to see faith as the greatest consequence, the essential nugget that turned any of my possible reactions into the more valuable opportunity. Faith allowed the fear to subside. The first step to be taken.
And so I embrace the New Year, the new start. The cliche, not unnoticed by me... but clinched none-the-less.