Monday, January 15, 2007

NEW BEGINNINGS

For a time I belonged to a TOPS support group (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). Every week we'd arrive with our weight record books in hand and weigh in. It was carefully recorded in our book and in the chapter's ledger. Your weight was compared to that of the previous weigh-in, and losses or stand-stills were recorded in black, gains in red. There were little rewards for losses, and minor penalties for gaining. At the end of the year, the weight at the beginning of the year and that at the end were compared, telling you what your gain or loss for the year had been.

It was always a downer when you gained. However, on the first meeting of the new year, the slate was wiped clean. Your weight wasn't compared to the last one in the previous year: No one lost and no one gained. It was a joyous feeling - this idea of a new beginning in a new year.

Happy clean slate, my friends, for whatever needs to be erased from yours. Happy new beginnings, and a very Happy 2007.

Dee Ann
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