Starts and Stops
Happy New Year Everyone!!!
Say goodbye to 2005, that year is now history. *I should be telling myself this since forgetfulness has never been one of my traits. I am an elephant.*
Adios to all the stress, the mega-nega thinking, the "what-if’s" and "how comes". It’s about time we all gave ourselves a fresh start.
I remember loving the start of a new school year — new notebooks, pad paper, folders, text books, pencils and pens. If I’m feeling like a girl scout I throw in 2 highlighters, maybe 5 gel pens, a glue stick and a fancy eraser. I shop around National with "The Final Countdown" playing in my head. It’s the start of the school year! New classmates! New friends! New teachers! New stuff to learn! I vow to be the king of the classroom and do the assignments everday. So I’m a nerd, so what? (I think that’s why I adore nerds — deep down I am one myself; this fact slightly reflected in my choice of boys, eyeglasses are mandatory but that’s another story). I miss that feeling, the feeling of newness and promise, of excitement and being game for whatever may come my way. And my new year’s resolution (here we go) is to relive that newness everyday and rediscover that newness in everything I do this year.
A few quotes to leave you with as we start the new year:
"What is truly yours you shall soon recover." — Cynthia Alexander
"Love is a commitment of the heart that will stand the test of wavering emotions, intellectual rationalizing, circumstantial allure, hormonal infatuation, and even the wounds of your lover. Anything less in not true love." — Paolo Coelho
"Personally, I think if a woman hasn’t met the right man by the time she’s 24, she may be lucky." –Deborah Kerr
