December 21, 2008
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Reflection on 2008
Ten days away from a new year & I am pausing to reflect on what has occurred over the last 355 days. In retrospect, I’d have to say that most the year was pretty great. Don’t get me wrong, there have been a few bumps in the road. Dad was diagnosed with ALS, I had to wait just over a year to become permanently employed again & I found out the woman I loved was a liar & a cheat. However, there was always a way to find a silver lining in the bad. There was patience to outweigh the angst. Dad is as well as can be expected. By the grace of God, Buddha & all the other deities, he is still alive when the odds were completely against him. I have a full time job with benefits & vacation again & there is strong security in that when things are uncertain for so many others. I closed the door to a dysfunctional relationship and opened another to one that has been the most balanced and healthy five months I have had in a long time. I am one of a core group of six friends that are some of the most earnest and genuine people I have ever known. Life is good & for that I give thanks to the universe for listening when I asked.
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Sounds like a wonderful year to me. Have the best Christmas ever and a Happy New Year. Judi
::: glad you've found your way over the bridge and onto the better things in life...can't think of anyone who deserves pure happiness more...A good rest of the year to ya, and an even better new one to come!!Merry Everything to ya Spotty!!
This post made me
You deserve nothing but the Best... :goodjob:
Life just loves to throw us curveballs, but stories like yours, when you take the time to find those silver linings, increase the wellspring of hope we all draw on. Thanks for sharing and renewing my spirit! I hope your holidays are full of joy, love and peace. I already know the New Year is going to be the best one ever!!!
Beautiful,your insight is refreshing among all the superficial posts on here of late.
Hooray for fresh starts, and good amongst the bad. May your holiday season be the best and brightest, and may 2009 be full of the good stuff you so richly deserve. ((((hugs))))
Rainbow~Your story of this last year is written with such Grace, no bitterness against the fractures, bless'd joy and much humility. It is both inspiring and a testament to the deeper gifts of living and the human spirit.
May you be Blessed~
Thank goodness for the silver lining to remind us that somehow things went exactly as they were supposed to.
And Peace be with you dear poet and friend. Judi
Really and truly it all good news,
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
This post made me happy. I know you've had quite the year and I am so glad that you have found that silver lining that so many miss. You seem happy and I am glad! Merry Christmas to you! And thank you for your friendship here on xanga over the years! I hope we can keep in touch.
~mesh~
:love: to you my friend, have a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and a Great 2009!
This is the real audacity of hope, that you have won the victory keeping your sanity and demonstrating such grace in spite of bitter disappointment and difficult days. Here's to your triumphant New Year.
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