It's so lonely being free -

"The Price of Freedom"
digital collage by Mick Mather

As we prepare to move into our normal routines as these holidays slip away, it occurs to me to ask the question, "what price must we pay to free ourselves from the old and step boldly forward into something new?" At the same time I wonder if the uncertainty of this particular time, given the current recession, will be any different than any other year. Have our resolve and our annual resolutions been affected or afflicted? If now is not the time to break away, when? I sit quietly, listening to the soughing of the wind, and wonder yet again, what price is to be paid?