Taking Stock
If someone asked me to describe the year gone by in one word, I would probably die trying. Describing anything in one word, as you would have guessed by now, isn't really my forte :)..but even then, this one would have left me completely stumped.
2007...it was a year of new beginnings, it brought with it a completely different world, promises of a tomorrow that I had been dreaming of for a long long time. It came, arms laden with extended family for me, it came laden with lessons to be learnt, it came disguised in sweetness I thought would be enough to carry me through another year. It is a year I wish I could go back and freeze in March, it is a year I wish I could erase July,August and September from. It is a year where the first half went by in a rush, where the second seems to drag on and on and on. It has been the year of breaking old moulds. It has been a year of reaching out, a year of being overwhelmed by the love I am surrounded by..the love of friends, the love of family. At the bottom of all that though, it has been a year of discoveries, of finding myself, of finding my grounding, of growing up.
When I read through the last few months, I see how much this blog has been instrumental in this processs. This process of self realisation, this process of healing. I can see the change in myself as a person, I see my experimenting with writing, all of which have been only for the better. For all this and more I am grateful. For the good and the bad, I am thankful. Without both, this year would not have been all that it is for me today.
I hope 2008 gives me a break though. I hope it comes with more lessons to be learnt...may they be not as bitter as the ones 2007 had.
Wish you all a very happy new year people. May it bring with it warm toasty memories, happiness that makes your cup overflow and love that envelopes you in it.
2007...it was a year of new beginnings, it brought with it a completely different world, promises of a tomorrow that I had been dreaming of for a long long time. It came, arms laden with extended family for me, it came laden with lessons to be learnt, it came disguised in sweetness I thought would be enough to carry me through another year. It is a year I wish I could go back and freeze in March, it is a year I wish I could erase July,August and September from. It is a year where the first half went by in a rush, where the second seems to drag on and on and on. It has been the year of breaking old moulds. It has been a year of reaching out, a year of being overwhelmed by the love I am surrounded by..the love of friends, the love of family. At the bottom of all that though, it has been a year of discoveries, of finding myself, of finding my grounding, of growing up.
When I read through the last few months, I see how much this blog has been instrumental in this processs. This process of self realisation, this process of healing. I can see the change in myself as a person, I see my experimenting with writing, all of which have been only for the better. For all this and more I am grateful. For the good and the bad, I am thankful. Without both, this year would not have been all that it is for me today.
I hope 2008 gives me a break though. I hope it comes with more lessons to be learnt...may they be not as bitter as the ones 2007 had.
Wish you all a very happy new year people. May it bring with it warm toasty memories, happiness that makes your cup overflow and love that envelopes you in it.
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