A Year of Reckoning

The title came to me when I was sitting in a conference with more than a thousand college students, two days before the year's end. I heard the keynote speaker say, "We are built to deal with the hardship of mission." A ship is built for the open sea, a pen for the pages... and we, to reckon. I wasn't exactly sure what I meant when I wrote the words, but this definition shaped my idea into a clearer form:

The calculation of a ship's position from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log. Thank you, Webster.

I don't want to saunter through life with eyes half-closed and let the days slip away like sand through the fingers. I want to reckon with the calm the wind, the storm, whatever the day brings. The choices made, the steps taken, the miles traveled...

Here's to a year of dedicated wrestling and writing. Keep me accountable.