Just a note that I've been needled into composition mode.

I have not abandoned the blogosphere and any reader who may stumble on my humble offerings.  What those offerings will be in future, and in the near future to be sure....well, who knows....could be the next great American novel or a tale told by an idiot!

Time will tell.

It is about 21 minutes before midnight. I'm watching the celebrations in Times Square. There are reported to be over a million people there! Incredible.

I'm sitting here thinking about the past year....successes, failures, happiness and sadness, sickness and health. I'm thinking of all the people I have met, even briefly during 2007 and wondering if I left them better off than I found them as well as wondering if I left better than they found me. And, I'm also thinking of the future.....what 2008 will hold for my family, friends and for me....wondering whom I might meet in 2008 and what effect we'll have on one another.

According to the laws of physics, every action has an equal reaction. I think that people's interactions also follow this scientific rule. But what does it really mean in terms of human relationships? I've been thinking about this and have decided that it means responsibility. It means that each of us, you and I are instrumental in causing action in others. Everything we do affects someone else or many someone elses and has a direct influence upon something they may do, think or feel.

That is an awesome responsibility! So, my resolutions for 2008, if you can call them resolutions, are a paraphrase of the oath medical practitioners swear....to do no harm. To be aware of the people around me....learn "where they are at" ...family, friends, strangers and consider how something I do will affect others before deciding upon any course of action.

Will I succeed? Probably not. But by the time 2009 rolls along, I will know that whatever the outcome, I have tried my very best.

Happy New Year 2008 dear Red and Pink Hatted Sistas! May 2008 bring you health, happiness and peace. And, by the time 2009 rolls around, my wish for you is that you too will know that whatever the outcome, you have tried your very best.

That's all we can really ask of ourselves.