Wednesday, December 31, 2008
2008 Fastforward
Less than five hours left in 2008. Its amazing to me how fast the year has gone by. I have a number of theories about my perception of time but none of them help the weeks go by any slower so I guess its better to just live with it.
While I generally live life with a healthy dose of cynicism and a glass-half-empty mentality, I can't complain much about 2008. There were a few moments of sadness, which I have already blogged about and won't spend time on today. Good things did happen in 2008, not the least of which was reconnecting with lots of old friends.
I'm looking forward to a prosperous 2009. Happy, healthy and all that jazz. Tonight I'm thinking of my family and friends and remaining thankful for all that I have and all that I have accomplished so far.
My Free Will horoscope for the first week of '09 is interesting:
"God calls you to the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet," wrote Frederick Buechner. You're free to ignore that call, of course. You can pretend that you don't really know what brings you deep gladness, and you can act as if the world's deep hunger is of no concern to you. But if you hope to be proud of the life you have lived when, many years from now, you shed your mortal coil, I advise you to at least experiment with using Buechner's formula as a working hypothesis. The coming year will be an excellent time to do just that.
Interesting, huh? In an hour I'm heading off to my neighbor's cocktail party. Mucho merriment.
Happy New Year to all!
While I generally live life with a healthy dose of cynicism and a glass-half-empty mentality, I can't complain much about 2008. There were a few moments of sadness, which I have already blogged about and won't spend time on today. Good things did happen in 2008, not the least of which was reconnecting with lots of old friends.
I'm looking forward to a prosperous 2009. Happy, healthy and all that jazz. Tonight I'm thinking of my family and friends and remaining thankful for all that I have and all that I have accomplished so far.
My Free Will horoscope for the first week of '09 is interesting:
"God calls you to the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet," wrote Frederick Buechner. You're free to ignore that call, of course. You can pretend that you don't really know what brings you deep gladness, and you can act as if the world's deep hunger is of no concern to you. But if you hope to be proud of the life you have lived when, many years from now, you shed your mortal coil, I advise you to at least experiment with using Buechner's formula as a working hypothesis. The coming year will be an excellent time to do just that.
Interesting, huh? In an hour I'm heading off to my neighbor's cocktail party. Mucho merriment.
Happy New Year to all!
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