It has been awhile since I have written. I wanted to take this moment to say Happy New Year to all of my loved ones. I truly mean HAPPY NEW YEAR!  I have heard so many people say they can't wait for the year to end. Some sound like they have had the worst year ever. They can't seem to think of one good thing to say about 2009. If this is you, think again. Try to think back into the entire year. Look at every day carefully. Was it really ALL bad? There are 365 days in that year. Can you think of some days of joy? A day when something brought a smile to your face? How about a day that something good happened to someone else you know, and that made you happy. If you truly feel like it was the worst year ever, I feel for you. I hope 2010 is a better year . One way to make it better is to look outside yourself. If you think you had it bad, look around you. Look to the left and right of you. Pick up a newspaper and read the headlines. I am sure there is someone you know who has had it worse than you. And if you do, reach out to them. Extend a hand, a kind word, an offer of some kind of help. Do this and you will automaticly feel better about your own problems. In all life has to offer, being a friend, showing some kindness to another, smiling when you don't really want to, is the key to a happy year. Only you can make you happy. Make up your mind that THIS is going to be your best year ever. That is what I have chosen to do. That is my only resolution. I CHOOSE to make this the happiest year! Not only for me, but for everyone around me. I want to extend the hand of friendship, rebuild old broken bridges, refresh the friendships I already have, and start new ones. I choose to look outside myself and try to be more in tune with other peoples feelings. I will be that person who can be depended on to lift you up not bring you down. I am not trying to minimize your bad days. Bad days are what they are. I am challenging you to move on from those bad days, take whatever you can salvage from them, move forward with a new perspective. Look to the next day with a song in your heart and a smile on your face. Here comes 2010. I am ready. I am determined. THIS WILL BE A GREAT YEAR!!!!! I have taken a look at last year. The good, the bad, the ups and downs. I will be learning from this and taking it forward into the new year.......Now when I say to you Happy New Year, I will be saying it with the knowledge that it will be true. I wish you many things for next year. Many blessings, joy, strength for what ever comes your way. And I am letting each and every one of you know I am here. Waiting to be your friend, waiting to help make your year as good as I intend mine to be. There is strength in numbers. Let's do this together..... love to all. Be safe and enjoy your last day of 2009.