I have an announcement to make--which seems rather over-dramatic considering the readership of this blog is practically nonexistent beyond myself: I'm moving up the timetables. I want to finish the remaining challenges I have as quickly as possible because there are so many other wonderful events transpiring in my life that I feel the need to share, but I find it difficult to do so with this pressing obligation to fulfill my goal of completing these challenges. I know that my plan from an eternity ago miserably failed and I have no doubt that I let a lot of you down in becoming sidetracked, and making and breaking promises. My life excelled quite faster than I had ever dared imagine. Like a sudden and unpredictable gale force wind mowing down my path, life raged on and snagged me right along with it leaving behind this one simple goal of mine. I don't attempt to excuse myself from utter failure, only explain. Although, I suppose failure is completely surrendering to my vain and human self-- not pushing forward and getting back on the horse, so maybe I haven't failed yet. Either way, it's irrelevant because I will finish these challenges and within the next few weeks (fingers crossed). The old weekly pattern has been trashed and a new, slightly sporadic design is on the drawing board: I will be posting every couple of days, sometimes back to back, sometimes only a couple times a week, but I WILL finish these challenges and I WILL press forward. Then I can freely share the miracles and mercies and tribulations and redemptions and incredulity of my ever-accelerating, wonderful, beautiful, simple life.
In a renowned novel a very wise J.R.R. Tolkien detailed a plain and simple, yet merry people who lived their lives ignorant of the outside world with "change coming slowly." A heart may be a hard thing to change, but so to are the massive impenetrable gates and doors adorning those beloved ancient fortresses in Europe and the mighty change occurring as one of those swings open is wrought by the tiniest of hinges. I apologize for the delay, but one thing I can promise: not matter how long it takes, change will always come.
