So here we are at the end of yet another year. I think it's a sign that I'm getting older that the years seem to go by a lot faster now. Who made that rule? I'm definitely not a fan.
In the past year, I have changed my job and my home, and both were wonderful, positive changes. I am about 4 classes away from my Masters degree in English Education, which is pretty darn cool. Yes, I'm going to make my students call me Master Farrell for a little while after I get that degree. ;) I have been taking a break from theater this fall, and I've loved it. The break helped me re-charge my batteries and remember who I am as a person, not just as a teacher. I hosted my second annual Home-Cooked Meal for Former Theater Students, and it was a riot. I'm so blessed to have worked with such tremendously talented, intelligent, and just GOOD kids.
I have been thinking about and could write about all the things from the past year that I wasn't so happy about. In fact, that's kind of my nature--to ignore the good stuff and obsess over the not-so-good stuff. But I'm not going to do that this year. What is done is done and it's not worth any more energy or worry. It's water under the bridge.
Instead, now, on the eve of 2009, is the time to look forward with hope, optimism, and love toward what the next 365 days will bring. I am hoping that 2009 will involve love, happiness, good health, wonderful friends, a credit card with a balance of 0, and a pair of size 10 pants. :)
In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
May you begin 2009 with a spirit too high to be encumbered by your old nonsense! Happy New Year!
