Life changing experiences comes often but it isn't every day that you take one that changes your life, today I have.

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Good day to you,

For the people that are close to me and know me in person they will tell you that I am not a stranger to life threatening or life changing issues. I always use these issues as a measure of my resilience, receptiveness, leadership and professionalism as with every challenge/issue I become stronger as a person. We all go through challenges everyday and in so doing come out one way or the other, you win or you lose. It is not every day that a life changing issue is taken to the level where one actually has a change in their lives because of it and this week has been an empowering week of challenges and issues that I must say have once again changed my life and my perceived view on some personal things.

I will honestly say this is for the better but will require making a personal sacrifice that I have long been trying to steer away from but I now know that to reach that new height/level I must do this to get past it. I feel that personal empowerment coming on but this issue is blocking me from reaching out and grasping it with both hands but now I have to do what I have feared for a long time, let go and grab on to that new inner power and get ready for a new year with many more challenges and issues.

I see all problems as challenges and with every challenge comes the power to tackle it but whether you win or lose is up to you and how much you fight the challenge and want to win. For me, I always over come my challenges one way or another and in the end I weigh in on the battle to see if what I lost (if I lost anything) was worth the gain. Sometimes we tend to analyze things too much and in the end we lose the battle not to the actions but to the thoughts and mental powers that it took to overcome them.

As I look forward to a new year I am reminded of the question my 7yrs old son once asked me last year. He said,

Daddy, what does a new year mean for you, do you get older, taller or smarter or what?

Well, I was more surprised at the question rather than answering it but I said to him, well, I know I will get older by a number because that’s what each new year brings and I may get taller because I am still growing but, while all these things are happening I am hoping to get much smarter in the process by filling my brain with the knowledge, info and resources needed to maintain being smarter while getting older and taller.

I now move forward with my overcoming this challenge and looking forward to a new year and many more.

~Brett A. Scudder~
The IT Security Attaché