What will the New Year have in store for us?I have heard things like we must take 2010 by the throat and make it a good one, not a bad idea because it is up to us to make it happen, at the moment 2010 is a blank canvas waiting for us.
Someone said to me "I hope you have a better year" I have had a fantastic 2009, it has got me to today, I pray for as good a 2010 as 2009.
Since being told 536 days ago that I probably had 3 days to live (without treatment), life has taken a new meaning, in that 18 months we have had so much love and support, more than we knew existed, you have all been a large part of our future, thank you.
In the last year we have lived well, learning to live and enjoy life, we have been to Jersey, Barcelona and a fabulous 3 weeks with family in South Africa.
May we all have a fantasic future.
Happy New Year.......... Live it
HAPPY NEW YEAR
ReplyDeleteGreat words we hope next year is good to you,as you say 2009 has been good, but we wish you an aven better one in 2010,see you soon
JUSTIN
Hi Ivan
ReplyDeleteI hope that 2010 will be even better than this past year for you and that you will continue to improve health wise. Happy new year to all of the family and to all of your bloggers.
Love
Dot
Thanks for your support, have a great year, we intend to.
ReplyDeleteHi Ivan,
ReplyDeleteHope you had a good time on new years eve.
Happy New Year to you all!
Hope to see you Sunday.
Juliex
See you Sunday, Are you going on the New Year Walk.
ReplyDeleteHi Ivan, I love this post so positive. Life is all about creating good memories with the people who matter most. I found the following extract from a web site which is positive to read:
ReplyDeleteEach Day Is A Gift
by Author Unknown
The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today.
Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.
As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. "I love it," she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.
"Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room .... just wait."
"That doesn't have anything to do with it," she replied. "Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged, it's how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away, just for this time in my life."
She went on to explain, "Old age is like a bank account, you withdraw from what you've put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. I am still depositing."
So Ihope you carry on in 2010 depositing good memories as you did last year!
Thanks Joanne,
ReplyDeleteYou know what my choice is every day.
It's the only way I know