And I think to myself...

The following link is how I feel about the end of 2007. You need to open a new browser page, click on the link, and listen while you read my final post of 2007. It will put you in the right, Zen state of mind. I also think you'll like it.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=51867410

I'm not the queen of interpersonal skills (empathy, sensitivity, patience, etc) but I have always been one to expose my intrapersonal skills. And by these I mean reflection, growth, pondering, analyzing. Let's just be honest: overanalyzing.

The dawn of a new year means so much to me in the intrapersonal realm. I love watching montages on New Year's Eve that run rampant. You can find these montages on early morning television, music videos, local TV, notable people deaths, and New Year's countdown shows. I like to think of my past year as one big montage...examining the highs and lows. I think it's healthy. No year is perfect. No one is perfect. No life is perfect. I bet each one of us had a low this year...and hopefuly several, immeasurable highs. I know I did.

Each new year brings the expected personal resolutions one might have such as floss more often, organize the finances (um, perhaps a real strong idea what with the impending home-ownership and all) and do bills online, exercise patience and kindness more often with others, start a new workout regime, and/or read more. Those aren't all mine...I'm just saying.

I love how each new year brings excitement that is equivalent with a new school year. Do you remember that? Sharpened pencils, a new Trapper Keeper, perhaps an eraseable pen. It held so much promise. And that school year likely went the same way as the previous ones did. This was neither good or bad...just as it should be.

I say this because there is so much promise this year. Likely, it will measure up to the years before it...and that's a good thing! Life is what we make it. Life rewards us for what we put into it: how hard we work, how we treat others, the ways in which we grow and strengthen ourselves.

Well...as for me...I am blessed. As I welcome 2008 for many different reasons, I recall the blessings and graces I was afforded in 2007. Life gave me lemonade and I can't imagine why.

Don't question it...just be thankful and drink and be merry.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!