Guest Author #11
My New Year’s Wish
The end of the year is upon us and soon we will have a brand new year --- a year of new beginnings, new attitudes, new introspections, a new journey of 366 days to make of it what we will. I have long thought that life is so very precious and unpredictable. We only get one chance at life, so why would we not want to live it with as much happiness and cheer as we could find.
We all know folks who seem to be perpetually unhappy. They whine, they complain they are never happy with anyone or anything and they continue in a downward spiral to misery, despair and stress. I have never understood why some people prefer to live their life this way suffering from “negativitis”. It is virtually impossible to complain and be happy at the same time…impossible as well to rescue someone from their own attitude. If an individual has time to whine and complain about something, then they have time to do something about it, but they choose not to do that continuing along on their pathway to even more misery and anguish.
People who complain about everything avoid taking responsibility for their life and they operate with a long list of excuses about why they are not successful or able to reach their goals.
Why, when we are genuinely happy to see someone, do they take it upon themselves to dwell on their aches, pains and illnesses and other petty gripes. Does anything happy ever happen in their life and if it does, then why are those times so seemingly unimportant that they are rarely ever mentioned? Is it more satisfying to be miserable and to try to spread that feeling on to others?
The years go by so quickly and I certainly do not want to be on my death bed wondering why I never found any happiness in life. Perhaps I was waiting for “someday” or “sometime” or “if only” and those opportunities slipped by unnoticed or I made a decision not to respond to them.
I do not know the meaning behind it all, but I am pretty certain that human beings are the only animals that can make the choice to be miserable and unhappy. Other species appear to live in the “now” and they accept the moment for what it is.
My wish is that more and more people will find happiness in life and that they will want to share and celebrate those joyous moments of feeling alive and revitalized. It has been said that a truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour. I want to be that kind of person and I want to wish that for my friends as well. A new year and a new beginning. Is this the year that we try to bring some happiness into our life and appreciate every day for the wonder that it is? Happy people are in short supply and we do need more of them. No qualifications are needed, just a genuine desire to be cheerful and to want to spread that feeling around to others.
Wishing you heartfelt happiness, joy, and contentment in 2012. May you be the kind of person that others love to be around.
pacifica62
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This is an invitation for anyone and everyone to post an entry of their own on my journal, Vagabond Journeys http://vagabondjourneys.blogspot.com/.
The new year is upon us and since it is a time for celebrations, remembrances, resolutions and plans for the future I think people have things to say.
Not to take away from the postings on your own journals, but to add to the joy of my own is why I invite you to write for mine.
I want to read what your thoughts are about this magical time of the year. This invitation is open to everyone: Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Pagans, Agnostics, Atheists and the Uncertain.
Tell me your thoughts on Chanukah, Christmas, Ashura, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, the New Year. or any subject you wish or associate with this holiday season.
There are no limits in regard to length. The only limitation is that, for reasons so far unexplained to me, my blog does not take photographs, animations, videos or pictures of any kind. I deal in words.
Please accept my invitation. Send your entry to my email address dbdacoba@aol.com I will copy and paste it into my journal and it will be displayed promptly. You may sign your name or not as you wish, and you may leave a link to your blog or your email or not, as you wish. I will do NO editing or censoring. Eloquence is not necessary, mind or heart or both is all.
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All are welcome. Admission is free.
DB
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Showing posts with label New Years Eve. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Years Eve. Show all posts
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tally Up
Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.
Shakespeare
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We call it New Year's Eve instead of Old Year's End because it's a time for looking forward, of beginnings and of nativity, a gate way into our future. As of this writing it is almost January, named for Janus the two faced god, who could see both forward and back, who could look into the past and into the future, the god of gates and doorways.
As I look back over the past month I see that I have made an entry into this journal every day. And I know I would not have been able to do that without the kindness and generosity of some wonderful people who supplied me with a new computer, many of whom are still anonymous to me. I am reminded of that every time I turn the computer on and my heart is "replete with thsnkfulness."
For 70 years "these vagabond shoes" have taken me into many places, they have hitchhiked across the country, climbed the mountains of New Hampshire and walked the streets of New York, they have taken me into danger and out of it, into romance and out of it. And now, as an old warrior with uncertain steps, with no buddy down the street, with no companion, no partner, no soul mate, I am deeply thankful for the comradeship of my fellow journalists, this society of invisible friends, this band of bloggers and emailers. Today I think that if I was a millionaire I would travel gracefully, by rail and sail, to visit each and every one of you I feel close to. To spend a day with you , see how you live, share a jar and have some good fun and conversation. That's a future to be longed for. For now I'm looking back.
I'm going over the whole month of December to see what I've done and, like a good English professor and literary critic, grade every entry, with one to five stars, for interest, importance, style and content. You may take a break and talk among yourselves while I do this.
* = okay ** = better *** = good
**** = very good ***** = you better read this
1 Absolute Answers **
2 Thunderous Thinking ***
3 Mangled Morality *****
4 Consider The Lilies *****
5 Give It Up ****
6 Violent Virtue ****
7 The End Of The Tether *****
8 Hello **
9 Grateful Gatheringg ***
10 Alchemical Advantage *****
11 The Beginning - again ***
12 Moral Manifesto *****
13 Search For The Invisible *
14 Thinking Outside The T-shirt *****
15 Chords Of Character ***
16 Look Unto The Hills ****
17 Damn The Torpedoes - Full Speed Ahead ****
18 Knocking On The Noggin ****
19 Sold On Solo ***
20 Loose Ends *****
21 Winter's Quest ****
22 Doer Doing Deed *****
23 Philosopher's Stone *****
24 Basic Blessedness *****
25 Greetings *
26 False Forts *****
27 Let The Artist Loose ***
28 Mind's Halftime *****
29 Pennies From Heaven *
30 Water, Water Everywhere ***
31 Tally Up ****
http://vagabondjourneys.blogspot.com/
DB
Shakespeare
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We call it New Year's Eve instead of Old Year's End because it's a time for looking forward, of beginnings and of nativity, a gate way into our future. As of this writing it is almost January, named for Janus the two faced god, who could see both forward and back, who could look into the past and into the future, the god of gates and doorways.
As I look back over the past month I see that I have made an entry into this journal every day. And I know I would not have been able to do that without the kindness and generosity of some wonderful people who supplied me with a new computer, many of whom are still anonymous to me. I am reminded of that every time I turn the computer on and my heart is "replete with thsnkfulness."
For 70 years "these vagabond shoes" have taken me into many places, they have hitchhiked across the country, climbed the mountains of New Hampshire and walked the streets of New York, they have taken me into danger and out of it, into romance and out of it. And now, as an old warrior with uncertain steps, with no buddy down the street, with no companion, no partner, no soul mate, I am deeply thankful for the comradeship of my fellow journalists, this society of invisible friends, this band of bloggers and emailers. Today I think that if I was a millionaire I would travel gracefully, by rail and sail, to visit each and every one of you I feel close to. To spend a day with you , see how you live, share a jar and have some good fun and conversation. That's a future to be longed for. For now I'm looking back.
I'm going over the whole month of December to see what I've done and, like a good English professor and literary critic, grade every entry, with one to five stars, for interest, importance, style and content. You may take a break and talk among yourselves while I do this.
* = okay ** = better *** = good
**** = very good ***** = you better read this
1 Absolute Answers **
2 Thunderous Thinking ***
3 Mangled Morality *****
4 Consider The Lilies *****
5 Give It Up ****
6 Violent Virtue ****
7 The End Of The Tether *****
8 Hello **
9 Grateful Gatheringg ***
10 Alchemical Advantage *****
11 The Beginning - again ***
12 Moral Manifesto *****
13 Search For The Invisible *
14 Thinking Outside The T-shirt *****
15 Chords Of Character ***
16 Look Unto The Hills ****
17 Damn The Torpedoes - Full Speed Ahead ****
18 Knocking On The Noggin ****
19 Sold On Solo ***
20 Loose Ends *****
21 Winter's Quest ****
22 Doer Doing Deed *****
23 Philosopher's Stone *****
24 Basic Blessedness *****
25 Greetings *
26 False Forts *****
27 Let The Artist Loose ***
28 Mind's Halftime *****
29 Pennies From Heaven *
30 Water, Water Everywhere ***
31 Tally Up ****
http://vagabondjourneys.blogspot.com/
DB
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