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[07 Jan 2008|06:38pm] |
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Twenty o' seven was a rollercoaster of recuperation. There was so much heartbreak and devastation and breaking and destruction...but also embedded in that is the promise of restoration, creativity, rebirth, and change. Some change for the better, some turns for the worse, but regardless, a chance to shed some old skin, evolve, and emerge different than you were before but building on your past like rings in a tree trunk.
As the ground thaws here in Florida, I'm seeing the green buds of a new life peeking through the coarse bark of death. I'm seeing regeneration among friends, relationships rekindled, and adventures...so much potential for adventure.
My new year resolutions aren't as simple as shedding a few pounds or pinkie-promising to read my Bible. In this new chapter of my life, I want to live. I want to feel meaningful and that I'm doing meaningful things. I don't want to waste a minute...even if I'm doing not much of anything, I want it to be a decisive choice to relax and recharge. Not an idle moment in twenty o' eight.
My general goals are as follows: I want to go to another country and provide necessities to people less fortunate than even our meager little flat family. I want to go on a tour of France, Spain, and Portugal with my grandfather. I want to work with the Guardian Ad Litem in some way. I want to volunteer more than I ever have before. I want to find out about all the presidential candidates, support the causes I believe in, vote, and then change the world anyway because the government has forgotten how to dream.
This is it, kids. Now or never. Time to not let anything stand in the way. Time to purge negativity. Time to love where you are and make a change regardless of the size or "coolness" of your city...regardless of your friends or your lack of friends...regardless of having money or needing money...regardless.
Make it happen. Do it now. No excuses.
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