At the brink of every New Year we make promises to ourselves and to the ones we love to change. Often we’ve made the same promises every year for the last decade and find ourselves repeating the same negative habits, hurting ourselves and the people we care about.
In some circles the number 8 is thought to represent new beginnings and 2008 is touted as the year of new beginnings.
The thought is hopeful but can people really change?
The answer is yes people can change. I can’t afford to think otherwise. Why because there is so much about me that needs improvement.
To tell you the truth anger management has never been a real problem for me. I did not say I’ve never been angry. I fall under the category of angry people who hold their emotions in and it eats them alive from the inside out. Come to think of it, I guess that is a problem but it’s not the biggest problem I face.
A dear friend of mine passed this weekend. We shared a similar struggle.
He was full of life, talented and hopeful for a new beginning. I guess he got it. He got his new beginning.
In a way I envy him. My new beginning will not come so easy. It will take work and discipline. It will take change.
Can people really change? Yes people can change. I can’t afford to think otherwise.
Dedicated to Cjon Damitri Patterson: The composer of the musical theme for Angry in L.A.
Cjon your spirit and music will live on.
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