As we depart 2017 & enter into the mystery that is 2018, I would like to impart a few nuggets of encouragement. When I began to jot down my plans for the upcoming year, a myriad of emotions tackled me all at once. I thought on the things that I didn't accomplish this year-- professionally, personally & spiritually. My mind replayed outstanding victories by family & close friends while I wrestled with feelings of defeat & inadequacy that sought to swallow me up all the while chanting, "Why eve...