“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.….” (Bill Vaughn)
“The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year – it is that we should have a new soul….” (G. K. Chesterton)
“New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly – provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time….” (James Agate)
The New Year is not typically a time i look forward to or remember with great aplomb, but it is something i note. i’ve already written about my feelings about 2010, however, so here i will just say that i am looking forward to what 2011 might hold and am also trying not to be anxious about what it may bring as well.
The thing i can most say about 2010: Thank God. The think i can most say about 2011 (in anticipation): Thank God. And, to quote the king in Amadeus, “There it is….”
i leave You with a poem by William Arthur Ward:
“Another fresh new year is here – Another year to Live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear – To Love and laugh and give!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear – To Love and laugh and give!
This bright new year is given me to Live each day with zest
To daily grow and try to be my highest & my best!
i have the opportunity once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree, and sing more joyful songs!”
To pray for peace, to plant a tree, and sing more joyful songs!”
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