In these predawn moments all is quiet and in the silence my mind flows with thoughts of my life and the lives of others near and far. Some one is living slowly, painfully, with unsteady feet toward the end of the line. Some where a woman is painfully giving birth to her first child and there comes from deep within her cries of pain soon to become the smile and joy of cuddling her first born. Some one is waking to this new day hesitantly stepping forth on unsteady feet into a new life without dependency on habits and ways of thinking and attitudes that are enslaving and harmful. Some one is holding the arm of a person walking down the hospital corridor following surgery. Another is leaving home for the first time eager to make happen the dream of becoming_________.  And in my mind I hear the words, “Behold! I am making all things new!” (Revelation 21:5). Let us give thanks that God is at work in your mind and heart making you new, fresh, joyful, free to be your real self in whose smile and personality others are blessed and encouraged. Never stop dreaming, never stop getting upland starting new. Live, always live………………….