have you ask you self?

Philippines
December 23, 2006 1:37pm CST
if you are totally ready to leave year 2006 and welcome 2007? have you finished all of your unfinished business with 2006? have you forgiven all your enemy this 2006? has someone forgave you if you committed some mistake to someone? have you actually learn something or nothing from 2006? have you reached some past goals? have you done something good to your fellowmen? have you overcome one fear that you have from the past? and have you totally and wholeheartedly accepted 2006 ? or your just letting go 2006 and let another 2007 to pass by?
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@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
23 Dec 06
Myself I try to do all I can on a day to day basis so that when a new year begins I hope for either a busier or more leisurely year. Still just doing what it takes on a day to day basis does make it better than worrying that I need to hurry to finish before a new beginning which in actuality can be an occurance at any time if you are ready for it.
• Philippines
30 Dec 06
yeah lots of us are hoping to have a good whole new year,.
@mumble (46)
• Philippines
24 Dec 06
same here, i hope i cna be happy too to welcome 2007.
@gotcho0O (1257)
• United States
23 Dec 06
I didn't totally asked myself about changing years. But I am figuring out if it'll be just the same old crap. I have no idea if I do have an unfinished business in 2006. And still can't answer if I'm ready to forgive those people who gave me pains in the past. But somehow, when I got the chance of talking to them, I am forealz. Did I reached some past goals? I think getting my someone special back from the bad past. I guess, I've done something good for my fellowmen. I dont think so about overcoming fear that I have from the past. Well, I am scared of time running so fast because I haven't accomplished anything yet either completing a mission.
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@brujj1 (228)
• Canada
23 Dec 06
Hey it's time to relax. It is vacation time. Not time to ask yourself the most difficult questions in the universe!
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• Philippines
24 Dec 06
i guess you are right, its time to relax... but just to get ready i think we need to make some reflection if we done somthing good.
@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
24 Dec 06
Hi, I like this discussion. I like the idea of putting this year to rest, much better than resolutions. Resolutions are good, but we joke about failing them. We should pause and reflect about what this last year has been. Merry Christmas, and a great and good new year to you.
• Philippines
24 Dec 06
thanks for the greetings and same to you. yeah actually i dont really believe in new years resolutions... you can do it anytime of the year...
@creationhub (3066)
• Malaysia
24 Dec 06
I will let 2006 go by, not as regrets but thankful for the lessons already learnt. I will try not to repeat mistakes, but be vigilant to bypass them. I have learnt to forgive and forget. Maybe not all have been forgiven but at least an effort is made. I enter 2007 a better person because I choose to change, to forgive, to forget, to aspire. My destiny awaits me.
• Philippines
24 Dec 06
thanks for the response and hope that you will find that destiny that is righfully ment for you.
@bayuokto (223)
• Indonesia
24 Dec 06
Thank you. you have remind me abaout what i have been done in year 2006! i think i'll be ready to face year 2007! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007 GOD BLESS ALL OF US!!!
• Philippines
24 Dec 06
welcome and thanks also for your response and merry christmas! i m happy that most people who commented in this discussion are really ready to face the coming year.
• United States
24 Dec 06
Great topic. No I am not ready to begin a new year, I don't feel that things have been complete yet. I dont think it will be easy to start over fresh right now since I am on a downward spiral at the moment. It would be easier if I felt like I had some closure to certain situations and just wish I were able to enter a new year with a better starting point. This year flew by though. I did have a major milestone in my life, having my a kid. I will never forget this year for the rest of my life. She is the best thing that could have ever happened to me. I just need to keep on keeping on I guess. But it gets hard when you are going through through rough spots and its one thing after another and it seems like things are never going to get better. Thats usually when I try to remind myself that things could be way worse, there are people who are going through much worse things than I will ever have to face. Here we go though, 2007!?! Can you believe it? I remember New Years 2000, when we all thought something crazy was going to happen, like it was last week and here it is 2007. Wow.
• Philippines
24 Dec 06
yeah me too cant believe how time goes by without noticing it. well i hope we can get some good news this coming new year.
@alchemistrx (2547)
• Philippines
24 Dec 06
I'd been thinking about it and it gave me a headache.I'm ready to leave all has 2006 has given me. I already forgave those people but I'm wondering if they have forgiven me.I already done so much for my fellowmen.I hadn't yet overcome my fears but i totally accepted all that happened this year.It was a lesson learned but somehow it will haunt me back if someone would bring it up.
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• Philippines
24 Dec 06
In reality i'm not ready to leave 2006, i have a lot of unfinished business from a lot of things from work to my love life. I really wished that i could go back to the past and repair the things that i've done. I always wished that i could do things differently. But now 2007 is coming i'm not sure that this year is better than what i have today. I can only hope that with Gods help that this coming new year would be a better one not just for me but for my whole family.
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• Philippines
24 Dec 06
nice one there, same here.. until now im still longing to come back to past and correct the things i done wrong... but hey! i hope god will help us!.
• Indonesia
24 Dec 06
Umh..... I;'m ready or not 2007 will be come soon. But at least I already wrote list purpose that I failed and I want to reach it in 2007. ^^
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• Philippines
24 Dec 06
thanks for that good response. move beyond your failures.
@shaj_me (149)
• Philippines
23 Dec 06
as much as possible, whatever things that i can do for that year i do it faithfully and whatever things that am not done yet i forwarded it to the next coming year. it really doesnt matter what year it is right now. even if it takes me a lifetime to do it then why not. life is like a circle, it just goes round and round..you can pause for a while,but for as long as you're alive, things would always be just as you made them.
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• Philippines
24 Dec 06
thats a nice one. i agree with you. thanks.
@lucsct (261)
• United States
24 Dec 06
While I didn't ask myself these specific questions, I have thought about it a little. The truth is, I am quite nervous about the coming year. I am also very excited because there are going to be some major changes in my life. I'm starting school again, moving to another country, and starting things over. 2006 was an unproductive year for me, but I also realized many things that I think will make my life better in the future. I'm excited for the coming year!
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• Philippines
24 Dec 06
im happy for you and hope you succeed on your new journey.
@DavidReedy (2378)
• United States
23 Dec 06
Great question. 2006 was a tough year for me, but I look upon it with some kind of admiration-- in the way you might look at an enemy or adversary whose got guts and spunk. I wink, back at that year, and I say thank you. Moving forward, I think 2007's gonna' be my year.
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• Philippines
24 Dec 06
same here, 2006 has been so tough btu i learned alot.
• Romania
24 Dec 06
To me 2006 was a good year. In fact every year is better than the las one, because i learn from it, and i am continually trying to improve. I hope this trend continues, and 2007 will be better, and I wish all of you a happy Christmass and good luck in the new year.
• Philippines
24 Dec 06
nice to hear that from you. thnks.. by the way i like your pic so cute.
@34momma (13882)
• United States
23 Dec 06
I am ready to say thank you and good bye to 2006. This year altough started of rocky has ened very nicely. I have forgiven myself and others for mistakes. I have promised myself to be a better person in the new year. I find that every year I am becoming a better mother, wife, sister, friend, co-worker and all around person.
• Philippines
24 Dec 06
god for you.. seems like most of us have a rocky 2006. i hope things will get better for us next year.
• India
26 Dec 06
no.. i dont ask anything from myself bcoz i am busy with my paper...
• India
26 Dec 06
yes you r rite...
• Philippines
26 Dec 06
thats sad, i think reflection of all the things you ahve doen is a healty way of cleaning your thoughts.
@cr1st1nel (3564)
• Romania
30 Dec 06
For me the year of 2006 was a successfull one i have fulfilled almost all the wishes i had and it happened to me only good things. I hope that this next year, 2007 will bring me at least the good things which i have in this year. For me everything went smoothly this year and i hope to better things next year. This year i learnt so many things it is one of the most important periods of my life. Good luck!
• Philippines
30 Dec 06
nice ot hear that, i alos wish you to have a good new year.
@Dolcerina (3376)
• Hungary
24 Dec 06
No I have not. Should I have? I only loved the year 2006, and I hope that 2007 willnot be worse neither. I do not want to forgive my enemies. :) Best wishes to you!
• Philippines
24 Dec 06
well i think reflecting things will help us to welcome 2007. why you dont want to forgive them.. is it too bad?
@Dolcerina (3376)
• Hungary
24 Dec 06
I only want to forget about them, and about bad memories.
• Philippines
24 Dec 06
good enough.. cause for me if you want to forgive someone try to forget them first.
@jal1948 (1359)
• India
24 Dec 06
I have forgiven all those who have wronged me i dont want to carry this baggage into the new year,as for others forgiving me i honestly dont know.
• Philippines
27 Dec 06
You know what 2006 is one of the greatest highlight of my life. It is the year that I gave birth to my first born child which taught me a lot of things in life. This 2006 I learned how to be a mother, a wife to my BF, a daughter-in-law, a sister and a daughter to my own parents. Last year 2005 and this year 2006 are actually the years that changed my whole life. Lot of tears where cried, lot of pains and hatred were felt, lot and hugs and kissess, also some loving and cuddling. It was also the year where I learned a lot of things about life, what real life means and how the real world really is. I know that every year I'm trying to be a better person and avoid to commit the same mistake again. I've been through heavens and hell and here on earth is where I wanna be here with my daughter, for her I'll do everything to make our life more meaningful and wonderful. Have a good new year may you see the light that I saw. God Bless. It is in HIM where you'll find yourself and the right way.
• Philippines
27 Dec 06
wow im so happy for you, ifind your story so happy. as for me 2006 is one of the worst year but i learned alot from all those sufferings and pain. i hope 2007 will be good for me. thanks.
@ladygam (562)
• Philippines
31 Dec 06
First of all, we don't have deadlines. Life isn't like working for the goverment where you have to prepare your year-end reports before, well, the year ends. Life goes on. It's a cycle. Dates are just a bunch of numbers.
• Philippines
31 Dec 06
i respect your opinion but i think you didnt get the message. what am asking for is that if you have made some refection about 2006 what are the good things happen to you. i guess some of us may ask this to there selves not becouse of work evaluation but a way of reflecting oneself.
@ladygam (562)
• Philippines
1 Jan 07
I did get the message, hon. I think you didn't get mine. I rest my case.