Countdown to 2011 - Its Here, Almost

A happy New Year! Grant that I

May bring no tear to any eye

When this New Year in time shall end

Let it be said I've played the friend,

Have lived and loved and labored here,

And made of it a happy year.

-Edgar Guest-

Here it is, the final day, December 31, 2010. But I am really not a fan of the word final. The clock will tick past the stroke of midnight and January 1, 2011 will be here. Time will keep marching forward as will we. So there is nothing 'final' about it.

To ring out the old, here are the months of October, November and December along with a favorite article from each of those months.

In the month of October, there was an early morning drink that I provided.

This was followed in November by letting you know that you are possible in anything you do.

Which puts us in December and hello, can you hear me?

Enjoy a prosperous new year and look back upon the 2010 with fondness and having learned from the experience. The future holds great things for you and by engaging in life, it will be your best life.

Countdown to 2011 - Two Days Left

"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day." ~Edith Lovejoy Pierce

We now pick up the pace as twelve months doesn't fit neatly into five days, so we provide you with three picks today from the months of July, August, and September.

July is a very warm month and in it I brought you an article that reminded us that we are not ordinary in anyway.

Not to be outdone, in August there was the rebuilding of broken bridges. You can get to the other side, believe it.

My final favorite for today comes from September and a cheese sandwich.

Countdown to 2011 - Three Days Left

“For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice.” -Little Gidding II- by T.S. Eliot

Our countdown to 2011 continues with May and June. The nearing of an end to spring and the beginning of summer, two favorite months for me.

In May, my favorite article was the idea of picking up an old crank phone and calling the past. What might I learn from sucha phone conversation?

June brought the story of how our differences should be celebrated. But that those differences can be harnessed to make each other great.

Countdown to 2011 - Four Days

"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." ~Oprah Winfrey

As we continue our countdown to 2011, March and April are up next with only four days to go. In March, there was a story about the fact that its going to rain on us from time to time.

Then April came along and I spoke of putting the pieces of the puzzle of your life together.

Countdown to 2011

"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us." ~Hal Borland

Countdown to 2011 - two each day this week, favorites of mine from 2010.

In January, I posted a story about getting beyond obstacles in your life.

And then in February, a young woman was painting opportunity for her life and didn't realize it. Which is the same thing we do everyday, paint our path for opportunity to come along.