Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Sorry there hasn't been an update in a few days. My camera is broke. So, I need to get another one before I miss anymore bubble bath beards or messy faces. If anyone has any suggestions for a new one, in the mid price range, I'm all ears! Anyhow, I was thinking about resolutions and decided just to jot down my thoughts from this year so I could get a fresh start on 2009. Here are my thoughts written in a park while the girls played. If you get bored or think they're lame then just quit reading. It was never really meant to be read, even the grammar is atrocious, but in the spirit of the blog I'll post it.

The common thread that binds us all together has nothing to do with language; it contains hopes of a better life, the search for a love that transcends all wrongs and the hope for a peace that shatters race, color and religion. I once thought of a grandeur that awaited me on the other side of the ever elusive mountain. It grew taller with every milestone I passed and left me feeling empty and unfulfilled. With each passing year though, I am beginning to see that the challenge lies not in reaching the goal but enjoying the minutes it takes to get there. Thus far, my version of living in the moment included planning the next one. Perhaps those who are happiest though do not fret about the future or worry about the immovable present; they simply exist, treasuring the good with the bad, knowing it can never be relived.

Maybe the secret to life is that there is no secret. There is no right answer for the wrongs done and the easy way out can never be substituted for the long way. Yet again though, with so many paths to take who can dictate which is the right one. No matter where the world takes me I shall always wonder if I have fallen upon the right shore. Of two things I am sure: I am still young enough to learn and my past has left me with many blessings. My heart shall not change while my mind adapts.

A rock worn smooth by the river is still a rock.