Acorns and Crab Apples
12/31/2022 It is the last day of 2022. Many of us will reflect on the year and set goals for 2023. Many of us probably already have. As I reflected on my year, I began to see how far I have come, what I accomplished. Things that I or others, at one point, believed were impossible. But this year I proved to myself again, that nothing is impossible. I set my goals and focused. It sounds simple enough but that kind of focus is not met without challenges. When I run in the early morning, alone, in the dark. I know my route and while it is fairly well lit by street lights, there are small corners that get darker and it’s not always easy to see the ground in front of me. Plenty of times, despite my intentions of the direction I am going, there is something as small as an acorn or a fallen crab apple that tries to stop me. That obstacle I didn’t see com...