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SAN JOSE – Bracken Kearns scored his first NHL goal Sunday night to help the San Jose Sharks past the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 in the first game of a back-to-back series between the two Pacific Division rivals.

You decide to take up running. And it’s hard, but you have made a commitment, so you keep running because you are determined to become active and make a change in your life. And after a few days, weeks, two, three months, it gets a little easier, so you keep running. And, eventually, it becomes a habit, and most of the time, at least, you look forward to going out on your run. And now you are faster and you can run farther than you did when you started, and you’re feeling pretty good about yourself. So you think about taking up a challenge: a 5K or 10K race; a half marathon, marathon, trail race, ultramarathon; whatever.

Why does life throw challenges and crisis at us? Because that is the only way we will change. It is the only way we will rid ourselves of evil, bad habits, greed, ego and the wrong priorities. It’s human nature wanting to stay the course, not to rock the boat, and usually the only way we will change is if we are forced into it by some outside influence, i.e. financial crisis, death, illness, catastrophe. We have to look at the challenges as an opportunity and as a way to re-prioritize what is important.

Hello, it's me, Kirby the dog. Every year the human female allows me to write her holiday column. Well, I'm telling you, I'm fed up with this. I mean, I sit and type - without opposable thumbs, mind you - and all I get is a piece of dried-out sweet potato for my effort.