there'd be no distance that could hold us back

so for the first time in recent memory, i let the year slip past me with the minimum of fuss. i had hoped for something significant, something poignant. but i suppose it is much more appropriate to let it just past quietly.

i shan't look back at 2007. it was an exciting year and i regret quite little of it. and i shan't resolve to do anything in 2008 either. life will be lived as always, and each day will come with its own triumphs and defeats, problems and solutions. i am ready for another year and that is that.

it was snowing. i realize the hardworking people driving the snowplows would have spent the last hours of 2007 on the roads in the cold. they were probably not happy. but looking out at them from my bedroom window, a part of me envies their position. to be working, to have a place and to be doing something important in a small way. it is perhaps most appropriate of all. after all, why mark the passage of time if continuity isn't the most important thing about keeping time?

i will not hope for things to change for the better. there is no reason why it should. there is no reason for things to fall apart either. i just hope for the conviction to keep moving forward.

happy new year everyone. life goes on, and that is good.