I wish for you...

Hello and Happy New Year!! I was talking to a good friend last night and we were discussing the irrelevance of the New year Holiday. Really, what's the big deal?? It's the first day of a new year. If that's the case, shouldn't the first hour of each new day be a similar occasion? Shouldn't we have some sort of ball-drop every day at midnight? 5...4...3...2...1... HAPPY TUESDAY!!!!!!!! It just seems a little excessive, the whole idea of New Years. I mean, don't get me wrong, I will continue to celebrate each year as that ball made of lightbulbs slowly descends upon Times Square... but I still don't really see the point.

Regardless of my personal feelings towards the subject, it is 2005, the New Year. A time of new starts and resolutions. A time when ambition is high and doubt is rarely seen. In this time of wishing and hoping and dreaming... (don't lie, I bet you just started singing the song at the beginning of My Best Friend's Wedding!)... I wish for you a few things. This year, in 2005, I wish for you joy. Unfathomable, endless, fill-your-heart joy. Joy that causes sporadic outbursts of uncontrolled dancing. Joy that causes top-of-your-lungs singing with the radio, even if you don't know the words. Joy that, at the mere thought of your happiness, makes you giggle like a school girl. In 2005, I wish for you luck. Luck that comes out of nowhere. Luck that, when explaining it to others, can be described in only one word: "Awesome". In 2005, I wish for you grace. Grace that allows you to apologize and understand what you are apologizing for. Grace that allows you to forgive, even when forgiveness doesn't seem like an option. Above all else, though, I wish for you love. The kind of love that hurts a little when it's gone. The kind of love that makes everything else around seem meaningless. In 2005, I wish for you the kind of love that will last far past 2005.

Blessings and a Happy New Year!
Tempa