FEELING FELICITY

I'm so happy today that I have to share it with the world. I'm feeling... oh, what's the word... like I'm floating on a cloud... it's coming to me... on the tip of my tongue...

ELATED - that's it!

I can honestly say that this first month of 2008 has been one of the greatest in my 26 years of existence - I had to pinch myself on Monday to make sure it's not a dream. More than once I have found myself saying "Everything that could go wrong, has gone wrong" but lately I'm shouting "Everything that could go right, has gone right"!!!

What has brought on this sudden contentment? Is it these incredible blue skies, or the prospect of love in my future, maybe the reunion with old friends, or the 2 special ladies in my life whose expecting bellies grow bigger by the day??? Whatever the reason may be, I wish for everyone in this world to be filled with the pure and complete happiness that is blossoming all over my heart at this moment.

But please don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to gloat! I've certainly had those days, and you know the ones I'm talking about...

You're sprawled out on the couch in your jammies, nearing the bottom of a Ben & Jerry's pint (Half Baked, of course), radiating misery and irritation out of every pore, when your girlfriend calls to tell you about her "oh-so wonderful day". In response you give her the faux "i'm so happy for you, that's great" speech, only to hang up and go buy another pint (this time, splurging for the whip cream and chocolate).

I just believe that when a feeling is THIS GOOD you have to share it! So I figure, who better to share it with than Y.O.U. - my closest friends, the blogosphere. **I giggle to myself**

Soulshine, it looks like the New Years rez has already paid off... letting go of that old baggage was the best thing I ever did! --------------------------------------------------------------------FELICITY
fe·lic·i·ty [ fə líssətee ] (plural fe·lic·i·ties)
noun
Definition:

1. happiness: happiness or contentment
2. something producing happiness: something that creates happiness

[14th century. Via French] --------------------------------------------------

OUT WITH THE OLD! IN WITH THE NEW!

“We look backward too much and we look forward too much; thus we miss the only eternity of which we can be absolutely sure -- the eternal present, for it is always now.” -- William Phelps

Every New Year brings a bundle of excitement... reminiscing on the past year, anticipation for the future, and the realization that at one exact moment, everyone in the world (or atleast in your time zone) is joined in the comradery of the 10-second countdown.

And what would the New Year be without a resolution? It's almost silly if you think about it... we could just as easily make a resolution on George Washington's birthday. Instead, I resolve to do something in August and hold off on activating this plan of action until January 1st??? Go figure! If we feel as though an idea is important enough that we should adjust our lives accordingly, shouldn't it be put into effect the moment it is conjured? Maybe savoring a lifestyle that will soon be changed, inhibits an immediate reaction.

So.... in keeping with tradition.... on the eve of 2008, I made my obligatory resolution.

Out with the old. In with the new.

I've tripped over myself too many times, looking to the past when I should have been face forward. NO MORE! You can't walk a cobblestone street with your head turned the wrong way. This is my promise to ME -- to look ahead for my dreams, while never forgetting to keep a keen eye on the ground below me, so not to miss any potholes or pennies. This lady is throwing out old regrets, exiling affections for former loves to my keepsake box where they belong, and extinguishing the notion that my best days are behind me.

Who knew 2008 would be so liberating? Happy New Year Blogspot!