in review and hope for the future

Ahhh… 2007 in review. For me, personally, 2007 has been a tough year. For many I have talked to- from online friends to my life long friends- 2007 has been a tough year. Many losses this year. This was a year that started out with great promise and ended with frustration and disappointment- to put it mildly. I know I have struggled alternately between fighting the good fight and wondering what exactly I was fighting for. It has been a year of sadness for me as I have mourned the loss of my home- my country- and the ideal I thought it was. I have watched as one who means the world to me dies because of corporate greed in the healthcare system. There has been much sadness as I have watched people go about their way and continue to consume and destroy planet earth because they feel that they are entitled to live in a certain style.

Not all has been bad though- for me- I have emerged with a sense of clarity and purpose on how I will live my life. I have forged new relationships with people and I have strengthened old ones. Life is too short to be taken advantage of or put up with people who aren’t going to change- and continue on in their self centered, ego centric vein while the world burns up around them. And so- I had to loosen a few ties to the past as well. One of the reasons I continued on waffling about whether or not to continue was that so many people in this country and the rest of the world- opened their eyes to the lies and corruption that was all around. We may not know what to do about it- but there is a sense that we can’t leave it up to others anymore. There is a sense that those ‘others’ aren’t looking out for our best interests- and that was heartening. Many folks on the right awoke to find that they were wrong- and admitted it. Many Christians decided that the neo con brand of their religion was not in line with the founder’s message- and deserted as well. So, there was a little light in all of the dark.

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