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Happy Thanksgiving to All

I want to take this opportunity to wish each and everyone of you visiting Blog Views By Roz a “Happy & Healthy Thanksgiving!”

This is the greatest time of the year. It's a time of endings and a time to look to new beginnings! In about five weeks or so we will be looking out at a brand new year, with so many possibilities. It will be a time to start over and build on the successes of 2004.

I vividly remember how I felt on New Year's Eve 2002. I felt as if I had been reborn. I never felt that way before and it was glorious — it was a feeling I wish I could package and give as gifts! Although nothing changed in my day-to-day life, I felt as if nothing mattered, ONLY the fact that I WAS still here. WE WERE ALL STILL HERE!

Last year things started to look up as I worked through the Anthony Robbins program “Get The Edge” (among many other things... I lost 23 pounds!) and had enjoyed the privilege of receiving a complimentary ticket from Tony Robbins to attend “Unleash The Power Within!” Things were truly looking up! I felt as though I found myself again! I was enjoying life and starting to look ahead instead of backwards!

And this year... amidst some of the challenges that still remain, and new ones I picked up along the way... so much has moved forward. So many good things have happened. I met so many nice people and did so many joyful things I would be a hypocrite to not realize how blessed I am. Things could have been so much worse! THEY ARE WORSE... for so many people! I truly feel privileged to be here tonight and sharing my thoughts with you!

Last year I did not even have the Blog. I wanted it so bad I could taste it, but it eluded me because I had such a hard time setting it up. I was so blessed when a new friend took pity on me and set it up. THEN... I let it sit for some time and in the end deleted it to start new and struggle through becoming proficient with Movable Type.(Thank you Kevin!) So here I sit... writing to you at 2:55AM EST on Thanksgiving morning as I listen to the rain pitter pattering on my 19th floor windows.

As I close this novella... I beg all of you reading this to take the time to give yourself the gift of exploring all your blessings and defining moments from 2004. After all... YOU ARE HERE!

As I put this through the spell checker, I had a thought... “I can now see a huge flame at the end of the tunnel, as... My life is a work in progress!”

Posted by roz on November 25, 2004 02:34 AM |

Comments

Very well said, my friend. Ann

Posted by: Ann Roberts | November 25, 2004 05:12 AM