Every year of my life I have known sadness and I have known joy. This year has been no different, but for me the end of the year is a time to draw a line, to let sadness go and celebrate what makes my glass half full rather than half empty. Dieting is difficult .. but so much easier than watching my children suffer rickets. Bills have to be paid, but how lucky I am to have heat and clean water delivered to my home. Problems are there to be solved, and how fortunate I am that these have not been problems of basic survival, and that I have the means to solve them. Some people have hurt me, but I have good friends who have been there for me as I for them. There have been disappointments, but there have been wonderful times too. And all of this has been the case for those I care about and to whom, as we start a new year, I wish happiness. I wish them warmth, sustenance, friendship, health, strength and some good fortune in the coming year. May there be joys which make the year worthwhile, may their glass be half full rather than half empty, may their angels watch over them, may they be able to see the light that surrounds them, and may they stay forever young :)
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