Year End Review? Sure, and it can be said without a lot of words, or so I thought, until I wrote this blog.

All right. The reason I have this bead photo here is because I just needed a photo for that spot. I also happen to like this bead. It's in my Etsy store right now. You can see it here.

Now, on to the real blog.

If I had to sum up 2010 in one word, that word would be:


CHALLENGING.

In truth, that is an understatement.

However, things are going well, and, for that, I am grateful. I feel much older and so vulnerable. I do not want to relive this year. I am shaking the dust off my feet and moving on with my life.


I know that mountains are often placed in front of us to climb, but I'm tired. Climbing that same mountain again is not what I wanted to do this year, however, we must live what we are dealt.

So, looking to the future, my mantra for 2011 will be:

HOPE!

I have the HOPE that life will be better in 2011.
I have the HOPE that, no matter what, I will have the strength to endure and the courage to climb that blasted mountain.
I have the HOPE that there will be much JOY in life, again, along with the LAUGHTER that accompanies JOY, like two angels walking the road together.
I have the HOPE that even with the challenges we will face in our every day lives, we will bring something to the world that will endure when we are gone.
I have the HOPE that PEACE will flow through us to all those whom we love and to those we don't like.
I have the HOPE that LOVE will triumph in the end.

I feel very BLESSED because I have HOPE.

Memorial Day 2010

In Loving Memory
of
all those who have given their lives
or
who have gone before us.

Anticipation - Looking forward 2010

Happy Aquarium? Huh? What does this have to do with anticipation?

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary lists several meanings for the word anticipation. The one to which I an referring is 1 B: The act of looking forward; especially pleasurable expectation, and I do look forward to 2010 with many pleasurable expectations.

Now, what does this have to do with Happy Aquarium on Facebook? Well, I look forward to achieving a new level tomorrow in Happy Aquarium. Pleasurable? Yes. Important. No, not to anyone other than me.

As we "anticipate" the year, 2010, what do you look forward to accomplishing? Do your anticipated accomplishments need to be major or life changing? What are your goals and expectations for 2010? Will all of your goals and expecations be pleasurable? Do they have to be pleasurable?

Tomorrow I will answer those questions for me. I plan to set new goals I hope to achieve in the year 2010. I also "anticipate" advancing from level 35 to level 36 in Happy Aquarium. Pleasure, yes, a bit. Fun, yes a bit. Hopefully, life will cooperate with me. I look forward to the last day of 2009.

It's December 27, 2009

Do I look forward or back?
Do I dream of the future
or
Remember the past?
The
New Year,
2010,
will bring changes,
as did
2009.
So, what do I do
for the rest of the year,
Do I look forward
or
do I search my mind
for the past?
What should I do?