The Mystery of 2011

So 2010 has come and gone and I am so glad of it! It was a hard year especially midway through.  Pretty much I learned that I can outlast and outplay if willing to meet adversity mano a mano and that yeah, what doesn't kill you, say it with me girls and boys...will scare you shitless! 

So what about this coming year? What's in store for this Queen Bea? I haven't a clue.  Wish I did so I can assist in not mucking up the good things coming my way.  Mysteries always confounded me.  Never a lover of a good mystery.  What I do know is that I have no overwhelming urges to run 10K marathons, scale Mt. Everest, or sing with Linda Ronstadt but what I do have is a need to do something different with my talents, with myself, loosen up (to those who know me, don't laugh), and to be more thoughtful (as in think things through) with my personal decisions.  I steal from Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project these suggestions to ponder over as well. They encapsulate my needs/wants mentioned above.  In essence, solving the hated mystery of how I can "get there" and well, not muck it up but enjoy.  They are: 

1. Be present.
2. Laugh often.
3. Forgive yourself daily.
4. Take deep breaths.
5. Dream big.
6. If it won't go, let it go.
7. Follow through.
8. Keep focused.
9. Don't wait.
10. Give all you have all the time.
11. Show you care.
12. Write it down.

So, here's to 2011, I wish us all health, happiness, and love and the strength and good grace to know how to keep it, enjoy it, and share it as the days pass along.