Barking Space

The Year in Review

I suppose that at some point before the calendar page turns each of us should look back and take stock of what has transpired over the last twelve months. It’s not always an easy thing to do. Most things that we don’t need to do are difficult.

Some of us human beings are preoccupied with keeping score. Trying to make sure that we come out on top.

Interestingly enough, if we want to come out on top, we always will. We always have the option of eclipsing the bad with the good if we like. Of course, this can also work in reverse.

There are those among us who never deal with the negative things that they have done (especially to others). These people coast through life wreaking havoc, never stopping to clean up the messes that they leave.

I think it takes more strength to look back on the bad things and see what benefit you can gain from something that possibly took a chunk out of you.

I had originally written a long post about my trials and tribulations this year. After reading it for the nth time, I came to the decision to delete it.

It sounded too whiny. Too negative. The whole point was to try and find the positives in the bad things that happened. But there weren’t enough solutions.

So I’m going to keep it to myself. My own list of things to work on. Inevitably I can see a lot of you trying to put forth pep-talks and such. But I don’t really need those. What I need to do is take care of my own list by myself (maybe with a little help from my friends).

So in place of my giant article, I offer up this vague list to sum up my year…

• Exercise disappointment
• 24-Hour Movie Marathon goodness
• Unspeakable loss
• Great times with friends
• Visiting our treasure in the South
• A pleasant surprise
• Unreasonable fears
• Energy renewed
• Another loss
• A visit from our treasure from the South
• A house
• Hitting my wall for the first time in a long time
• Coming up with a plan to overcome the wall
• Making a new, very great friend
• Counting myself lucky to have solid friendships

Trust me, you would have fallen asleep at the original post.

Filed under: Anecdotes, Friends, General Dialogue, Ponderings, Rants | 14 Comments »