looking forward

Looking forward is something we tend to do this time of year, and there are so many things you can look forward to, both good and bad.

We never know what will come, but in any illness, the way we approach ourselves and our future, changes how we will feel in the future. The old saying, "If you say you can't, you're right," follows through with us. If we say we can't make it through the pain, then we won't. If we say that we can't go out with our friends, we can't. If we say we can't run a marathon, we can't.

As we look to a new year, lean toward hopeful optimism. Even if things don't turn out the way we wanted, we will at least be able to say we tried, and that we prepared ourselves for something more.