Closing Times

More than once have I heard the famous “A kick in the ass helps you go one step forward”. I guess that plays an important role in my New Year's resolutions for this year. On the 31st I opened a small notebook with certain decisions – or simply things to do in 2008, certain circles that need to be closed, people to be visited and sights to be seen. Among others, I asked myself what to do with the blog, and decided to still keep it as a companion, while trying to objectify the experiences more.

After much struggle and uncertainty, this will be a good year. For all of us.

Frodo: ... I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
(Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)