DECEMBER 31, 2025

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

–John 3:16.

GOOD MORNING GINGER! Frank informs me that you emerged from surgery like a champ. Keep feeling better little girl!

This year, 2025 will end in a few hours.  The new year, 2026, will follow.  May 2026 bring you joy, health, wealth, happiness, and peace of mind.

“I’ve always thought New Year’s Day was an especially American tradition, full of the optimism and hope we’re famous for in our daily lives—an energy and confidence we call the American spirit.  Perhaps because we know we control our own destiny, we believe deep down inside that working together we can make each new year better than the old.” 

–Ronald Reagan

As with Spring, hope springs eternal with the dawning of the new year.  We shrug off the disappointments of the past and look forward to a new beginning.  In the dark and cold of winter, all things are suddenly possible.  We get a do-over!  Resolutions are crafted, and vows are made not to abandon them.  Weight is lost, exercise is undertaken, new relationships are formed, successes are achieved—all before January 2!

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

–C.S. Lewis

Of course most resolutions are abandoned before the Sugar Bowl kick off occurs on New Year’s Day evening.  The everyday obligations of work and family make our best of intentions difficult.  It is cold, and we can always exercise and diet . . . tomorrow.  Employers care little about your professional goals, as the bottom line is what pays the bills.  Our relatives and friends do not always cooperate.  And unforeseen events always seem to pop up at inopportune times.  So really, what is the point?

“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”

–Thomas Jefferson

THE POINT IS we are an optimistic, forward looking people.  We conquered a continent, built railroads, muscle cars, airplanes, won 2 World Wars, vanquished the Soviet Union without firing a shot, and put a man on the moon.  We invented the drive-in (movies and restaurants), the hula hoop, roller skates, football (NOT soccer), baseball, and basketball.  We wear Levi’s in our leisure time (and some on their professional time).  Hollywood’s movies are still shown ‘round the world.  Coca Cola is the soft drink of choice, from Hong Kong to Bombay to London.  You can board a plane in New York City, eat breakfast at 37,000 feet in the air, and be in Los Angeles in time for lunch at Gladstone’s on the beach.  And we did it all.  Our people have made the United States the most prosperous, free, and welcoming country ever to grace God’s green Earth.  There is nowhere else where one can go from rags to riches in one generation.

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language, and next year’s words await another voice.”

–T.S. Eliot

Democrats complain that 2025 was the worst year ever.  To them, it probably was, as they were out of power.  But The Observations dissents.  Our country is turning the corner, from China Joe’s disastrous reign.  The seeds are being planted for future success.  We just have to be patient, and stay the course.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.”

–Winston Churchill

The United States is getting a do over.  President Trump and Congressional Republicans are making our economy strong again, and the underlying factors are chomping at the bit to roar, if only the politicians will get out of the way.  Our people want jobs, not handouts.  Freedom and free markets made our country the greatest, strongest, wealthiest nation to ever grace the face of the Earth.  We succeed when government gets out of the way, and allows the American people to do what they do best; invent, produce, and advance.  And the American people are waking up, rediscovering our basic values and freedoms.  We don’t like government dictating with whom we can associate, where we can eat, if we can worship, and if we can work.  We want our lives back, and are poised to retake them.  And these are very good things.  These are very positive, forward looking, and very American things.

The truth is, President Trump has accomplished more in the last 11 months than most Presidents accomplish in 8 years. If he can keep the pace up, we are all in for a wonderful ride.

“It’s never too late to become who you want to be. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.  It’s never too late to become who you want to be. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.”

–F. Scott Fitzgerald

So please.  Make your resolutions, plot your course for the New Year, and be not discouraged one bit if you fall short.  Hopefully you will exceed your goals, but if you do not, dust yourself off and begin again.  There is nothing that we as a people cannot accomplish if we put our minds to it.  Why?  BECAUSE WE ARE AMERICANS!  And with God’s help and grace, there is nothing that the American people cannot accomplish.  Nothing.  The Observations is looking forward to 2026.  You should too.  May it be our best year yet!

GFK