goodbye 2007, hello 2008!

I always have mixed feelings on 31st December.

I want to let go of the bad experiences and memories and am eager to see what the new year has in store; yet I also want to hold on to the good experiences and memories and am wondering if the new year will also bring about happiness and laughter.

I have been wondering for the last few days what people mean when they say they’ve had a good or bad year. I have reflected on my life in the year of 2007 and I honestly cannot define this year in those two extremes.

I have regretted some decisions and actions and wished I had done things differently; but I have also made some decisions that have changed my life positively.

I have been hurt and wounded emotionally; but I have also loved and been loved.

I have closed some doors to my past; but I have also opened some new doors.

I have shed tears, I have been disappointed, angry, confused, stressed, worn out but I have also shed tears of happiness; I have laughed, sang, danced, cared and loved.

However, be it good or bad experiences… I have learnt. I have matured. Definitely grown.

So perhaps as much as I would have loved to do without the setbacks, challenges, heartaches and pain of 2007, I do believe that all my experiences has moulded me to be who I am today…and I think I’m now ready for 2008.

Carpe Diem!