Happy New Year (What I've learned)

There is only a little over 7 hours left in 2008...maybe more or less depending where you are reading this from. I thought that I might close the year by relaying to you a few of the things that I learned this year. This list isn't complete... but pretty close to it, given that I'm a slow learner.

1) Blogging once a week is harder than I thought.
2) Just about everything worth doing is harder than I thought.
3) When the stock market crumbles, the less you have, the less you lose.
4) Children are more important than work.
5) Most of the answers in life are non-existent...
6) ...and that's okay.
7) I have more fun writing, recording and playing music than I thought I would.
8) Now that my hair is getting thin, I don't care.
9) It is better for me to not have, than to cause someone else to go without.
10) A full box of Pot of Gold chocolates will not make my dog sick (I learned that one Christmas eve)
11) It's much less pointless to model my life after people that "are" rather than people that "have" or "can".

I wish you all the best in the new year, and I hope that this year is even better than the last one. Thanks for all your support in 2008, and I'll see you next year.

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Merry Christmas!!

"People Make Me Happy"

On Saturday, I was sitting in Subway with my two year old daughter. We were sitting at a table next to a window, and the place was packed with people, most of whom were obviously taking a break from Christmas shopping. We, on the other hand, were in no rush.

As we leisurely ate our lunch, we watched a 5 foot robotic Santa dance and sing everytime someone passed. It was sort of annoying and a guy a few tables up from me was obviously bothered by the constant "Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas!" Then it would break into a redition of "It's the most wonderful time of the year..." in a key thay was much too low. But my daughter loved it. I loved watching her because she was so content.

Then out of the blue, she said to me, "I'm happy". Naturally I asked her why she was happy and expected the standard answer which usually has to do with cookies. She thought hard. I knew she had a reason in her 2 year old brain but was having trouble finding words that could convey it. Then she slowly said..."People make me happy."

I knew what she meant - being out with Daddy and having his undivided attention made her happy. But I liked the way that she put it..."People make me happy." I think I might give that a shot this Christmas. I might make more of an effort to enjoy people, and then tell them how happy they make me.