New Year's Day

All is quiet on New Year's day
A world in white gets underway
I want to be with you, be with you, night and day
Nothing changes on New Year's day
On New Year's day

Happy 2010!

It's a new day, year, and decade. It only seemed like yesterday when it was December 30th, 1999 and the shelves of the local grocery store were barren of water bottles. I had just turned 10 at that point, and here I am...20 years old. CRAZY!!!!!

Anyways, there's nothing better than a 5k in the morning to start the year. I wish I had my camera on me because there were these two guys from my sister's cross-country team who were dressed as New Year babies -- complete with the diapers and the HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 sash across their bare chests. Kudos to them (at 24 degree weather)!

New year's resolutions? Could I use the word goal? Is that kosher? There are a few swimming around in my head. I don't think I've actually written any of mine down on paper.

- Get better

- Continue finding joy in the small things

- Stop saying "someday". Say "today".

- Bangladesh in the summer?

- Learn French

And more.

I was reading a book at Barnes and Nobles last week written by the pastors who founded Saddleback Church in The Woodlands. It's called One Month To Live. I found it really challenging to even pick up -- it's one of those things that probe so deeply inside you at the things you don't want to admit or reveal or discover that is true about yourself, but you know that in the end recognizing those and tweaking them a bit will make you feel like...well, I'm not sure yet. I just know it's a positive thing. I think I'm headed back to the bookstore to buy it tomorrow and live my "last 30 days". Morbid, huh? It's pretty eye-opening though.

The fault with the typical human is that he wants to know everything about the world but does not yet know himself. Baby steps!

"Live as if you will die tomorrow. Learn as if you will live forever." -Ghandi

Carpe diem,

Asil