2017

As I looked through my camera roll for the past year, I was reminded of many things. First of all, I do not take many pictures, and the ones I take are not great. But, more importantly, I was reminded of all the positive and great things that happened in my life the last 365 days.

If you are anything like me, I sometimes (a lot of times) forget the positive, and get caught up in the negative. Sometimes the negative seems all consuming. We are bombarded with negative news stories and articles. After all, negative and tragic gets pageviews.

What sometimes gets lost in the overhyped negative is the good and the positive, which I believe continues to far outweigh the negative. The most tragic moments seem to bring out the best in people. 2017 has certainly seen its share of bad and negative.  But, in the face of the bad and negative, people have banded together to support and help. This proves to me that the good and positive is still winning.

I’m certainly not going to sit here singing koombaya and pretending bad things don’t happen. They have, they do, and they always will. There is evil in this world, and sometimes unexplainable, unimaginably bad things happen to good and innocent people.  That said, my hope and prayer for 2018 is that, God-willing, the good and positive will continue to tip the balance in its favor and that we all be reminded that the good is still winning.