A New Year is upon us.

My friends, whether we like it or not, the new year is here and with that it means change for us all.

I know I've already set some guidelines for myself for the next year that I plan on trying to uphold to the best of my abiltiy. I believe that with goals it's important to remember that the process of striving for a certain goal is the most important part, not the acquisition of the goal itself although that is the end desire.

Don't be hard on yourself this coming year, take everything in stride, one day at a time and when the going gets tough, it's ok to sit down for a bit, consider the options, - then ask for help and we will make it through together.

The important thing is that you learn to end those tears with a smile or a laugh at how silly you feel for taking life so seriously....remember, as Elbert Hubbard once said "Don't take life too seriously. You'll never make it out alive anyway."

That message is not to be taken in a finalist and dark viewed way, it should be more of the spark of fire that sits within you when you are wondering whether to begin that new project, talk to that beautiful girl or guy or do that wild and crazy thing that you always wondered about but were too afraid to try.

Life is about risk and adventure and stepping outside your house or apartment or whereever you live and looking out at the world and taking that deep breath....and rather than being overwhelmed by it, embrace it.

Life is 1% what happens to you and 99% how you react to it.

Having seen the movie I Am Legend recently got my gears turning, no so much about the movie content but the title of the movie and how it relates to the character. A single man surviving in an environment that he called home and then one day turned upside down on it's head and he makes the decision....to keep pushing onward, to find a cure, to save himself and others. I think the important thing about the character and the title is how the main character amplified the title's meaning. For yourself, in your reality, become a legend.

Become that thing that is remembered by friends, foes, old and young for what special purpose has come to be placed in you and using you as a conduit for it's expression in this world.

In summary, I guess I'm trying to put out a little of the input I need to be taking. This year, I have new horizons to travel, new things to try, new people to meet, new ideas to let bloom and all at one day at a time. I encourage all of you reading this to make 2008 the year you try that something new, talk to that new person, go to that new place, think of a new idea.....and become a legend!

My best to you throughout 2009!

Steve Cash