Dec 31 2008
Happy New Year All!
I have very little to say today because I’ve done nothing but listen to music and try desperately to finish everything I have on my to do list before settling down with my husband and a bottle of wine later on tonight. As a result, I thought I’d take a quick break to wish everyone a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I’m counting down to the end of 2008 and am ready to welcome 2009 with open arms.
We haven’t got much planned because I find the whole night way too expensive and completely overrated. There’s always a fight somewhere and I can’t be doing with that to start my year off. Instead, we’re heading to my mum’s for something to eat and to wish the family a happy new year before seeing in 2009 on the couch in front of the TV. Sounds perfect to me!
2008 has been a really bad year for me but I head in 2009 knowing exactly who I can rely on to support me and those I cannot. My close family have been brilliant this year and supported me through thick and thin. I cannot express how much they mean to me because it’s just not possible to put it into words.I’ve had little support from elsewhere but at least I know who my good friends are now. One especially has surprised me. The individual in question has neither tried to understand nor support me at all since I’ve been diagnosed with depression. What made it worse is that this person is supposed to be family. Instead this person has just shown me how fickle human nature can be and also how cruel and selfish the individual can be when he or she does not get his or her own way. I spent 2 hours around the person this week for the first time in months but that is apparently sufficient time to judge someone. I suspect that someone else has been loading the bullets for that person to fire. I guess I’ll never know but what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger… and I guarantee that person will need me before I need something from that person. I also guarantee that I will not be there when they do.
The moral of the story is that there is absolutely no point listening to people with small minds but being comfortable in your own skin. I am comfortable in mine and know that I am my own person. I will not change for anybody and if someone does not like that then tough. I hope everyone else is strong enough to live their own lives because life is most definitely too short. Welcome 2009 with open arms… Take what comes as and when it comes, rolling with the blows when necessary. When the going gets a little tough for someone else, offer support. Being a shoulder to cry on makes a huge difference to someone, even if you may never know that. Don’t judge people before you know all the facts and what’s happening in their lives. Above all though, think before you speak and before you act because you never know what edge you may push someone over.
May 2009 be a better year all round and may we all pull together to make it so.
Finally, thank you to everyone that has visited my blog over the last few weeks. Everyone’s made me feel very welcome here and I love how much support is offered between all bloggers.
Happy New Year everyone!!!
Happy New Year to you!