A Year in Review

2011 has been good to me.

No emotional/psychological breakdowns and only a handful of panic attacks. I don’t think that there is anything about it that I would change. Nope. Not one bit.

2011 wasn’t made by what it didn’t contain but more so what it did. In order to appreciate what a fantabulous year that it was I’ve created my greatest hits of 2011. [I totally stole this from an episode in Season 3 of LOST. Charlie (my favorite character) made a greatest hits list of his entire life before he died (._.) and left it for Claire (his island girlfriend).] At any rate these are in no particular order as expressed by my social network updates and musings.

1. I entered into my first… whatevership (stole that term from here).                              It was mostly successful. He was an incredible amount of fun for the first few months. Actually, he was fun until the end. The relationship just stopped being fun. We both lost track of our resolve and got lost in trying not to have the feelings we were both developing. By the time we started addressing them it was too late. Distance made things even more difficult. All of the time that I spent hurting over him was not wasted but certainly not well spent. He’s a great guy who I’m sure will get everything that he wants and more out of life. And I am a great girl that will do the same.I can FINALLY sincerely say that I am over him. I hope someday we can be friends again. Following him back on Twitter will be the first step. He pushed, and still pushes me, to be better. To work hard, plan, strategize and achieve my goals. And he introduced me to Black Dynamite. [If you haven't seen it... shame on you. Below is the trailer for the Cartoon Network Series. Get on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ku7AGHHWi8]
2. Lessons in Acceptance                                                                                           ‎”Easily with simple acceptance and thanks, she held her life. Without questions or suspicion she held her life. She held her life not tightly but surely, not jealously but respectfully.”  I’m still learning to take what is given to me. Be thankful for it. And transform it to be the best that it can be. I wanna get the first part tattooed on me.
3. Religion is a choice.                                                                                                                           “I guess you call it the only religion I have, one drum that can fit in my hand, but I think if I played it a little it might fill up the whole world.”                                                  My song is love.
4. Control.                                                                                                                              ”I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”                                                            I can’t control how people interpret my actions or what I do. So it goes.
5. Humor!                                                                                                                      “She raised the back of her hand to her forehead in feigned anguish — but suddenly she thought better of it, preferring to laugh instead, and so she sputtered with glee, bringing the fingers of the same hand to her pursed lips in a parody of decorum.”       
6. The Power of Distraction — Reading keeps me sane.                                               “I used to sleep with my books in piles all over my bed and sometimes they were the only thing keeping me warm and always the only thing keeping me alive. Books are the best and worst defense.”
   — Sherman Alexie (The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven)
7. Everybody Needs a little help sometimes.
8. Finances – I address them.
9. I only have one Mom. – I’m bettering my relationship with her. Progress.
10. My thoughts and opinions have merit. I shouldn’t be afraid to share them.
11. Inner Strength – it comes from trial. I am thankful.                                                        “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills.” – Ernest Hemingway

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