Reflection on My Year of 2024: Challenges and Lessons Learned

As I sit reading the headlines of the morning in the wake of the US Presidential Election, I am reminded of just how challenging this year of 2024 has been for me along with the reflection on the repetitive hints throughout the year of just how crazy the world has become. Everything seems to be falling apart all around us these days: health issues, world affairs, local issues, political nonsense, soaring costs of living, mob mentality and the sheer audacity, disrespect and mindlessness of societ