Another year has gone by

with broken resolutions, promises seen through and broken, new relationships made and some broken, some success and some lessons learnt, a year older and hopefully a bit wiser, with new life on earth and old one's taken. All of us would have had gone through a lot of emotions this year and some of us would have emerged stronger and some caved in. This happens every year and every day in life. It is just the numbers that change and not the life in itself, unless we want it to. For me a new year is nothing different from a new day expect of course my birthday which falls on January. Every living day is full of surprises and presents us with a new challenge and new hurdle or a new gift. And we come out at the end of a day having accomplished the challenge or succumbing to its pressures. Tomorrow we are as a community stepping into yet another new day. How is it different from all the other days we have woken up to so far? The difference is in our mind. All of us associate this year to something positive. A fresh start in life. A slate erased of its scribbles and starting anew. Though it is the same, day in and day out, this day has the advantage of dawning in a new year. That somehow has the charm of turning Jan 1st a more positive day than any other. A day where you look back at the 365 days you have lived so far and reminisce the life you have lived. Cry over lost causes, over lost love and boyfriends/girlfriends, over lost friends, lost loved ones, a lost puppy, a lost job,  smile over a new relationship, a new job, a new career, a new pay, a new addition to the family, a new house, a new vehicle and maybe a new you. This is a time where you will yourself to learn that lesson and turn a new leaf and lead a better life than before. 

As always I have had many resolutions and broken most of them before the month was over and had my share of smiles and bout of tears in 2010.

My Best Friend got married this year and it was one of those moments where you feel all the emotions in the world.

I tested the waters of a different career path this year and came back with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek.

The biggest joy of my life, the much awaited birth of my nephew happened this year and I cannot believe he is nine months old already.

My best gal pal, my confidante, a pillar on which I lean often left me and her hubby to a better company this year. It is like losing a limb. No one can replace a girl friend in a girl's life especially when we share a great bond and have almost the same vibes.

This year also saw some of my good colleagues moving to better pastures. One of whom is my mentor who taught me the tricks of the trade. We had been a great team and to see it dismantle sometimes do break my heart

A bad bad year health wise for me as I had fallen sick the most this year than any other.

Work wise not a good start but a better finish. Waiting to see how this shapes out in the following year. 

A bit of fall there and a bit of climb here. Well that's how this year has been for me. Got to know some new people, got to work in a new team, read some amazing new blogs, contributed far less to my own blog, learnt things about some of whom I thought I knew well, been/being a silent spectator to many a drama around me, embarked upon a nervous journey, been a better person than before, matured a bit more, learnt/learning a lot from other's way of life, and more importantly learnt to deal with life as it comes. In the coming year I am hoping to shed a lot of extra pounds, to stay focused at work,  to stay positive, to manage time better, to contribute more to the society, to be more human than I am, to be more self sufficient and giving, to know more people, to learn a lot of new things, to be a better daughter, a better sister and a better friend, most importantly to live in the present and enjoy the simple pleasures of life.

To all of you, I wish a better year forward than the one we are shedding and a better life. Let your wishes come true and let you all strive to be a better person than you are. Let us all be self sufficient and give back a little something to our community. Let us stop being negative and stop whining that we couldn't buy a new pair of shoes and start being positive and contribute to the society. May we stop spitting on the roads, start adhering to traffic signals(even at 11 in the night), stop and help someone in distress, take a minute to laugh at something silly, take a moment to talk to our parents, and more importantly respect each other. Let we all be reminded that each of us are made of flesh and blood and that everyone has wishes and has sacrificed a little something in their life. Let we all respect the wishes of others, be more humane and lead a good life. Let's raise out glasses to the fellow human, for what they are and celebrate life with hopes of a better tomorrow. Wish you all a happy, joyful, positive, sparkling, shimmering new year. Love thy neighbors and love thy life.