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Beyond the Textbook

Laurie Lupold

The holidays have come and gone and you survived it. How? you may wonder. By your beauty and grace and a good share of biting your tongue. LOL!

Now comes the time when we can reflect upon what the year 2002 meant to us and what of importance we might have gained from it. As we look into our careers, for instance, we gather each and every element of our craft that we developed throughout the year. We acknowledge how we have grown with our craft. Applaud achievements and look forward to the New Year and our certainty of further growth within it.

We've set our lists of goals which we plan to carry out in this next year and now we are making our way toward owning them. Perhaps this year we will complete the books that have been lagging in the back of our file cabinets collecting dust as our minds became frigid with the changing weather. We might take on that offer as a columnist for that magazine we weren't quite sure of. Or we might become mentors or teachers of our craft.

Whatever our path we will travel it with pride, knowing that we have surpassed another journey to reach the road we now travel. On our journey we take with us plots, characters, scenes, ideals and even criticisms to mature us as we voyage on.

In this year of opportunity, take with you all lessons learned and open yourself to further teachings. Know that you are a gifted writer and that progress and reward is in your future.