You know I love my yellow backpack (with its coffee stains and all).  The backpack is bright; it’s cheery; it’s always nearby, and it’s needed.

For Christmas I got my first winter coat in years, and living in Missouri we can all admit it was needed.  It’s yellow.  As is the single purse I’ve begun to carry everywhere.

Never were all together.  It wasn’t until I was travelling with all 3—purse, coat, and backpack— that a harsh reality struck: Yellow overload. Maybe when you’re 4 being Miss Missymatchy is cute.  But not 21. Definitely not.

I’m not commenting on fashion (because I know absolute nothing of the sorts) nor am I endorsing my favorite color (YELLOW ALL OF THE WAY!!! Uhh… no).  I have too much of it myself.

Way too much yellow this year.

Like yellow, I have lots of goals for this year:  live on a budget, start a scrapbook, keep my room clean, go to sleep early, watch more TV (I’m culturally aloof at the moment), exercise, read more, and the list could continue…

I am The Queen of goals to a fault—some  goals accomplished but very many left forgotten in some deserted journal.

Too much yellow is overwhelming.  However, one at a time is – bright, cheery, always nearby and needed.

Keep it simple.

And here is the goal that is complexly simple, unattainably sought after, refreshingly impossible, and what makes me perfectly imperfect to reach:  To know Jesus.

Goal for 2010:  follow hard after Jesus.

The New Year seems welcoming and inviting as Jesus beckons us to come and rest and to come and simply follow.

I’m excited.  Happy New Year.