Subject:            Happy New Year - 2016 Sunrise Photos

Date/Time:      Friday, January 1, 2016  8:04 AM

Dear Friend,

Happy New Year 2016

In twelve years of catching the first sunrise of the new year, only once before have we not seen the sun peak over the horizon.

So here is a picture of today's new dawn with Lady Liberty looking to the East in all her glory, and one from December 31st (yes, we visited the location the day before too) which we hope inspires and motivates you to seek what sets you free the most and makes the world a better place.

Faith, reluctantly (yes, she's at that age) wrote for me ..."I think freedom is the right to do what you want, when you want to. How do you get it? I don't know."

This followed, "There isn't much advice to being happy. It's not like how to eat an orange without dripping the juice everywhere. You have to be yourself to be happy...You find the good things in your life that make you happy. The real happy comes from inside of you.  It is your job to find your happy."   Wisdom from an eleven year old.

I'll add that freedom is earned, fought for and paid for, usually by others. And happiness is the infinite blessings that we make from that freedom. Both sought and cherished. And best shared.

Cheers to you,  your freedom and happiness, and a great 2016!

CJ & Faith

Click for Video of Sunrise