How do I not love Pete Seeger? How did the sweat of Woody Guthrie’s brow spill onto the earth, into the water and not become a part of me? Is it possible to be more American? But more than that…I wonder to myself, “Could there be two more honest men…anywhere?”

So here I sit in front of my laptop at 5:08 in the morning as the final hours and minutes tick away on 2010. Am I thinking about paying bills or how we’re going to pay for Sam’s Harvard education? No, I’m thinking about Pete & Woody!!! But maybe they’re linked somehow…and so I wonder.

You see, there’s a Shit Storm comin’! I don’t care what the 21” screen tells me about the recovery, or how well the stock market is doing. My gut tells me different. My gut tells me there’s a whole lot of can-kickin’ and chest-thumpin’ going on out there. The worst people to listen to are the ones who tell you what they want to believe. Lincoln said, “A house divided cannot stand.” Who would know better than he? I know this…one of us is being lied to, and whichever one it is will never find the truth as long as the other is beating him over the head with his version of it! So, in that spirit I came up with a New Year’s resolution we both might consider;

May we be resolved to;

• Know who we are and what we believe.

• Lead by example.

• Take nothing for granted.

• Strengthen our faith.

• Improve our self-reliance.

• Make time for meditation and prayer (to the Mayan Moon Goddess if that’s your higher power.)

• Prepare for the worst and be grateful for life’s blessings.

• Be slow to anger and quick to forgive.

• Practice equanimity.

• Make sure the glass is always a little more than half full.

• Laugh a lot and then laugh some more.

• Exercise daily (God help me with this one….please!).

• Read inspiring works.

• Call our Mother’s at least once a week.

Happy New Year!