January 1st always tends to be a day of pondering for me. Not only do we enter a new calendar year, but for me personally, I enter a new year of life. (Hooray for January 2nd birthdays!) So the first day of the year is a reflection of the year that passed and a peering into a future yet to come.
I've been trying to think of what I've learned in the past year. While I'm sure that I've learned many things, here are a few of the big things that I've learned.
-You never know what might happen. It's not that I thought I was invincible, but in the back of my head, I guess I did think that nothing really bad could happen to me. Having a major health scare shocked me into caring more about me--taking better care of my body, and how I choose to spend my time.
-Service brings inevitable happiness. While I know I've learned this in the past, in the last few months, I have learned to *mostly* forget about myself and focus on other people. And I must admit I'm a happier person for it.
-Life means very little if you can't share it with good friends and family. My appreciation and love for my family has skyrocketed in the past year. And having three great roommates meant more to me than I can express. I tend to like a lot of alone time, but I realize that I also need to spend time with other people as well in order to be truly happy.
As I said, I could keep going, but I won't. Let's stop there.
As for New Year's "resolutions" let's just say that my goal for 2007 is that I want it be a year of personal growth and progress. Be it my physical self, my spiritual side, my emotional being, or my mental capacity, I want to be able to look back at the end of 2008 and say that in every one of those aspects I have moved forward.
(Can I just mention that I love the fact that Georgia is the automatic font here? Georgia is my favorite font!)
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
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