By Ithaca Bound
Once again, we stand before the Janus Gate. Once again, it is time to pause for a brief moment, take a long look at the face looking back at us from the mirror above the washbasin, make whatever resolutions we deem necessary to make, and then step boldly into the uncertainties of the next 365 days that lie ahead of us. What will those days bring? More importantly, how will we respond?
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