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Raising two daughters can be a sometimes tumultuous journey of up and down and inside out and emotions all over the map. Now in their twenties, my daughters and I are less prone to pressure filled moments exploding as we move with grace into respecting the gifts we each bring and knowing we are all human on this journey of our lifetime – even me, their mother!

I opened up an email this morning and the first thing I read was, "Something wonderful wants to happen by means of you today."

I read that line and thought, Yeah. That's right. Something wonderful wants to happen through me today. What will it be?

Six years ago when I did the Colors Test for the first time, I struggled with my colors. In the outside world I am often seen as Orange. Internally, I struggle to live in blue and on paper, I turned up green. Gold, as my cupboards will affirm, is way down at the bottom.

That's 1,440 minutes in a day. Are you willing to give up one moment for a breath of gratitude?

It is Sunday. A new year. A new beginning. A new perspective.

It is the season of peace. A time when the Christian world takes a collective breath and offers up a prayer of hope, love and joy. It is a time for new beginnings, renewed spirits, refreshed souls.

It is snowing outside. Big fluffy flakes of white drifting down from on high. The fir tree outside my window is dusted in white, a downy pristine blanket embraces the earth. Beauty abounds in the quiet of snow falling.