A Quick Look at 2008

This last year (2008) seems to have flown by, but also to have crept by like cold molasses sliding down a flat grade. It's funny how so much can happen in such a short amount of time. I think this year can be recapped in segments of seasons, because my life always changes with the quarterly intervals of temperature. Call me a woman of all seasons :) Here are the lessons learned from each term:

Winter
*Skills are learned faster by trying to keep up with those better than you
*Never take on the mentality of others just to appear agreeable
*Drive slowly on icy days

Spring
*It is impossible to keep all of your friends happy all the time, though you may try your hardest
*There is no such thing as "Good Timing"
*It's nice to fly south once in a while

Summer
*Absence does not always make the heart grow fonder
*Truth: Happiness and happy endings can never come from unbridled passions
*If you don't have family, you don't have nothin
*Indifference is dangerous
*It's nice to fly south once in a while, and north, and east.
*Not everyone thinks the same, and for that matter, no one has the same understand of anything.
*Love hurts, love scars, love wounds and mars any heart.

Fall
*Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other is gold.
*Putting your heart and soul into something actually does pan out.
*Taking a risk can produce great results
*Sharing a room with someone really isn't so bad
*Sometimes Yoga is the only thing that can make you feel better


I can think of quite of few other lessons learned, but those require their stories. If you'd like to know them, you can always ask :) I loved this last year, but I am so happy to start a new one. I feel like I need a clean slate. A chance to make some changes and make some memories. I think I'll get just that.

Happy New Year everyone! Let's make some resolutions and accomplish many great things!

Happiness is...
~ A fresh start
~ Park City
~ Snowboarding buddies
~ Long distance runs

“Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!”

~William Arthur Ward