In less than an hour, the curtains will be drawn close for the year 2009. Outside, the revelry has begun — firecrackers, fireworks and all manner of noisemakers — are popping, exploding, cracking.
Given the calamities and tragedies experienced this year, it’s been pretty laid back. Oh there have been pockets of explosions since Christmas day, but tonight, they only actually began a little over an hour ago unlike years past when early in the evening we’re already going deaf and inhaling all the smoke.
It’s pretty quiet here at home, too. We’re ready for the traditional media noche to welcome the New Year, but rest, even amid the din, is so welcome after all the endless happenings since the start of the month.
Resolutions? I’ve never been in the habit of making them. I simply DO it. If I was good the year before, then I strive to be better. If I was miserable, then it simply means I need to get my act together.
It’s more important that I gained experience and learned my lessons well in the past year, whatever the challenges that came my way. And even more important is that I am grateful to be celebrating another year… however things turned out before.
Before all the noise set in, I managed some quiet, alone time to give thanks. For all that I am, all that I have, and all that I’ve been through. After all, it truly is a blessing to simply be alive…
I only hope and pray that I have been able to honor and praise God with all my thoughts, deeds and words.
Wow! And I thought my ears popped off with the firecrackers that exploded right outside the window! Time to sign off, for now…
A blessed New year everyone! And thank you for keeping me company in 2009.
Suman Latik 