2008

Here is my year in review post. Done in classic Jason style... meaning with no correlation to time and with few details =)

Went crazy
got on pills
mended fences
met lots of new friends
cut free some older ones
dated
partied
sadly did not dance
was stabbed in the back
was a good friend
was a bad friend
had a party or 10
wore a rut to ATL
got more kinked
Got almost 100% side tracked from physical fitness
Changed pills
Got better at being in my own skin
cried
laughed
cooked
Stopped Aikido
Worked hard on "Act with Love"
Cut my house open
had extreme depression
found a bit of joy

2009

I am keeping my same thought in mind for 2009 that I had driving me for 2008 because it worked so well:

Act with Love

Little phrase, easy to say but hard to do. No lashing out, no hurting people, no letting negative feelings drive actions. Sadly this led to many many many times of sitting very still while people punched me in the face emotionally, but in the end it worked out and I get to sleep at night knowing I took the higher road.

The other thing I kept in mind from 2008 was

I will not fight reality. Or if you prefer: Don't try and piss up the rope.

Think of the serenity prayer, there is a lot of wisdom in those few lines. Don't try and change the things you can't, change what you can and try and be smart enough to work out which one is which. The most interesting thing about this is 9.5 times out of 10 the thing to change is myself.

I wish all my friends and there loved ones a happy and healthy new year filled with laughter and love. I also wish that for all the people who don't like me too. After more then a year of turmoil and upset I can honestly say that I only have animosity in my heart for one person right now and I am actively working on letting that go.


Pax

P.S.: See what my friend Lilly has to say along similar lines