How Do You Measure a Year?

"Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?"

From the movie Rent (2005)

How DO you measure a year? To some, they measure a year by minutes, days, weeks and months. To other folk, they measure a year by the seasons. Others measure it by special days such as birthdays, holidays or religious feasts.

It seems that as I looked back last night to judge how my year went, I found myself measuring the past year by memories. A number of my memories were good memories though I certainly had my share of bad ones. I don’t measure my life by years since if I did that, my life would gallop full tilt and I would have no time to do anything. Some years go slower than others … those are usually my bad years. Other years fly by … those are my good years.

So… how did my year go this time? Have you ever been in “bumper-to-bumper” traffic? Well that is how my 2006 went. Some months were great months where all went my way… Of course those months went way too fast! Other months were dragged out and about to the point I couldn’t wait to finish them!

Now, as I sit here in the wee hours of the morning of January 1st, 2007, I wonder at what speed the next few months are going to travel. I am sorry to say that I think they are going to go pretty slow! Now if I am starting to depress you, please don’t go down that road. Though the next few months may be tough, I am confident that the ones after that are going to swing right by! I do have some optimism!

So… now that I have droned on about how I think my year is going to measure out, I would like to know about how you foresee your year! I sincerely hope that it will fly by!

All the best to all of you in the World of Blog … Have a great New Year!