It's Party Time!!

Yes, I know...I waited until the last conceivable second to post for December. So what! Ha ha! I saved the best for last, so to speak. Tonight is intended for us to remember the value of friendship. At least, according to that song, right? So, why do we still have so much trouble FORGIVING each other?

This day happens every single year, just like every other day {no, I'm not going to discuss leap year, so don't ask}. It's not enough that on Thanksgiving we are reminded to be Thankful... It's not enough that on Christmas we are reminded to be Hopeful and to Praise a God that the Majority of us Still at least Claim to believe in... For those of us who are not into Christmas, it is still a time to gather family, to be closer, to spread Love, Encouragement, and Respect for our fellow man. Then, in comes the New Year...

The last day of the old year we just had so much fun in! My 2009 has been a chain of miracles! I hope and pray that yours has been as fulfilling and prosperous as mine. If it hasn't, your miracles will happen in 2010! Believe it, baby... At least, that is my wish for you, my faithful readers. Ha ha, all 86 of you! Let's review:

"May old acquaintance be forgot and never come to light?" Is that right? We are to forget what's happened between us and never speak of them again? Is that possibly what that line means? Think about it a few...tick tick tick tick...did you get it?

As I said in last year's post at the onset of 2009, the New Year is a time for new beginnings. It annoyed me a lot less than I thought it would when at our SWHS Class of '89s 20th Reunion EVERYONE knows about now, the ever popular "cliques" from high school popped up during our reunion events. For the majority, we had that forgive and forget mentality about us. It's been 20 years after all. We were all a lot younger, a lot less intelligent, and very confused during those high school years... but I digress.

Sticking to the point of today's lesson, students of Life Rocks! School of Twisted Muse, it's not necessarily what you do with your time that matters. Rather, it's what you learn from what you did when you thought you couldn't do it in the first place but got yourself through it anyway. Hey, it's called Twisted Muse for a reason folks! You figure it out. That's basically what life is after all. A giant maze we all have to mill through hoping for the greatest reward when we get to the end.

The question is, which end? Will you beat the maze or will you end up right back where you started? Life has been more like a Labyrinth for me, however, more often than not. It's been a helluva ride though! Thanks especially to my '89 classmates who have added Exceptional Value to my FB family, friends, and SWHS community there.

Yes, I know I have strayed from the point - it is just little old me writing this entire thing, you know. What do you expect? Since when has my life been interesting enough to even carry a blog This far? Praise GOD and thank You, Jesus for keeping me writing, after all. Speaking of G-Dog and the Big JC, now would be a great time to Seek His Presence and Draw Him Near to your heart. He is already there whether you know it, like it, or believe it, or not! Ha Ha Ha

He is also the way to forgiveness...and we complete the circle this little article has drawn. At this point in my life, I have mentioned that I do honestly LOVE my neighbor as He Loves me. Over the last 36 hours, I have also realized that I have learned to Forgive and Forget within 30 minutes or less! How about that? I'm pretty damn surprised and happy with those stats, myself. I hope your New Years goes well!

Stay safe, be kind, accept and give love to one another. And please FORGIVE those who have wronged you, FORGIVE Yourself for wronging others in your past, and for goodness sake FORGIVE the neighbors for getting that damn dog that barks all frickin' night long while you are trying to sleep! For they know not what they do... wait, that sounds a little familiar...now where have I hears that before? Hmm...

I'll have to think about it. In the meantime, thanks for your encouraging emails, your continued votes and responses to our entries - even though no one else Sees them but Me, they are coming in! I truly appreciate our readers' opinions. God Bless and Good Years Ahead!

~E