Rise. What a word to focus on heading into a brand-new year.
A few weeks ago the world was fixated on midnight, waiting for the clock to change and send us into 2017. And I get it… it's easy to get caught up in the celebration of saying goodbye to the old and hello to something new and so full of promise.
But if we're honest with each other, I think we all know that there is nothing magical about midnight. Midnight doesn't erase the past 365 days, doesn't wipe the slate clean of all the pain[…]








