As we are about to enter a new year, it is time to spread joy, hope, love, and happiness. We also need to grateful to be safe, healthy, and happy.

We must pray for all who have fallen on hard times, have lost loved ones, lost their job, or are in financial trouble due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

We must pray for the poor, hungry, and homeless who are unable to enjoy a nice hot meal.

We must pray for our soldiers who are fighting for our country and are away from their families.

I pray that all those who have lost jobs during the pandemic can find work soon, for all the small businesses who are struggling to survive to find relief soon, for schools to be able to open safely soon, to stop all the rioting and violence in our country, and for peace and love to be restored to the world.

We should all consider donating our free time, money, food, water, and unwanted clothing to give to the poor and needy.

We need to put love and good thoughts in our hearts and minds and spread goodness and kindness around the world. That is how we are going to fix all the problems that are happening in the world today.

How do we fix these problems? It starts within the home, and there is no better time to have these conversations within our families than now as we are about to start a new year. Sadly, many people have abusive family relationships and are being taught bad things, such as using violence and hate to express their message.

We need to teach children to spread love, not hate – to treat all people with proper respect no matter what color skin they are, what religion they practice, their ethnicity, or what political party they support.

We are all human beings, and we should all look at ourselves, open our eyes and ears, and open our hearts. That is how we will fix a lot of the problems that are going on in America these days. We need to stop using violence and stop spreading evil messages. Instead, we all need to put love and good thoughts in our hearts and minds.

After such a challenging year, it would be nice to give people something to smile about and provide them with hope for next year. Best Wishes for a Happy New Year!