Finding answers in 2017

The New Year is here according to our calendar.  People are wishing people the best, and being thankful for being here another year. Some people are sad because they will miss the loved ones that are no longer here on earth.  Some people feel that for some reason they are the blessed ones, the lucky ones, whew she made it, we missed the grim reaper or we have another chance to make it.  With all these wishes, greetings, hopes and prayers, do we really know what  it is to" make it"  or to have succeeded or to live?  

Just because you are here does not mean you really are present.  Now that you are present what is the definition of success?  Just because others are not here does not mean that they have not transcended or any less happy than those that remain.

Are we just sheep that are following the crowd?  Is our life the expectations of others, or the expectation of self?   With that being said  are those expectations truly satisfying?  I would say that a good thing to do today is search ourselves for the true answers.

B.L. Aki