As the New Year rapidly approaches, people start creating New Years Resolutions. This year, I invite you to take a stance and pledge to love yourself unconditionally. Life only gets harder and if you don't support yourself things can get tricky. Also, take time to tell people you love and care about how great they are. Everyone loves to be appreciated. Our society conditions us to believe that we need to achieve something (like losing weight) in order to be recognized. I say that it's time we change the culture. This begins with you. We need to educate the children of our generation and future generations on the importance of staying true to themselves. I look forward to making 2013 a year to remember. It's time to change things for the better and to let children enjoy their childhood without having to worry about societies' expectations. After the New Year I will announce our fundraiser to continue to educate and build awareness. Stay tuned to find out about group meetings and how you can be an active participant.