12 wishes in 2012

Christmas & New Year text messages are not so common nowadays but of the few I received, there’s one that I would like to live by for the whole of 2012. Special thanks to Kizzy for sending it on New Year’s Eve.

1. Sunrise after the darkest of nights.
2. Friends who bring out the best in you.
3. A love that makes you smile.
4. Belief that anything is possible.
5. Courage to finally do what you’ve been putting off.
6. Time for yourself.
7. Promises that are kept.
8. An answered prayer.
9. A heart that forgives
10. A happy feeling everyday.
11. A soul that heals.
12. A wonderful life & perfect health.

More words when I find time this week. I’m hitting the sack early tonight… part of my commitment to make a lifestyle change (which is a whole other blog post!).

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He said “Slow down you cannot save everyone,

do just enough and hope the world will change somehow.”

But stubborn me does not believe in limits,

Pushing should change the world fast enough.

I pour my heart out on unrequited tasks,

yet I still counted on ‘Change will come soon enough’.

One step forward and always two steps back

450… no, almost 2000 of little thanks and too much harangue

And I’m almost running on empty, devoid of any reserves

The world will still spin when I stop moving.

So maybe I can

this time

be just really still.

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“Stop. I cannot save everyone..”

Endings & New Beginnings…

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And days of Auld Lang Syne.

For Auld Lang Syne, my dear,
For Auld Lang Syne,
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet
For Auld Lang Syne.

And here’s the hand, my trusty friend
And gives a hand of thine
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet
For Auld Lang Syne.

For Auld Lang Syne, my dear,
For Auld Lang Syne,
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet
For Auld Lang Syne.

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And the original Scots verse:

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind ?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne* ?

CHORUS:

For auld lang syne, my jo (or my dear),
for auld lang syne,
we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp !
and surely I’ll be mine !
And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We twa hae run about the braes,
and pu’d the gowans fine ;
But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit,
sin auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We twa hae paidl’d i’ the burn,
frae morning sun till dine ;
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
sin auld lang syne.

CHORUS

And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere !
and gie’s a hand o’ thine !
And we’ll tak a right gude-willy waught,
for auld lang syne.

CHORUS

What’s new in my closet 2?

So I’ve finally found the hair care product that I was looking for. Thanks to Tony & Guy for having it on stock

i’ll see you monday

i imagine it to be worse than being stabbed,
the scars deeper than the physical ones,
incurable by man’s science –
and not even sleep could give reprieve.

i wish i could have just been stabbed,
then morphine could make me feel less
and only my body would need to heal –
everything else painless as i dream.

i will myself to stop breaking.
courage has always been greater and bigger than me,
but how can i stop the falling tears –
when my whole heart shatters as i breathe.