HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all!  It's almost 2008, I can't believe it.  'Tis the season when all the news shows look back at a 'year in pictures' or 'year in events' or whatever.  It forces you to look back at the year you had and evaluate it using some sort of social rubric that should never be a tool for measuring your achievements or failures.  Something like money or fame or success.  The tool should be happiness.  Are you moving towards happiness and the knowledge of who you are and loving that person.  I know that sounds hokey but in the big picture it is all you have.  If you cant love yourself first you cant truly love anyone else.  It is the hardest thing to do, and yet, it should be the easiest.  What about being a good person.  I think if you love yourself and care for yourself by not destroying your body and treating it well, mentally and physically, you will spread goodness and happiness wherever you go.  Get in front of the mirror.  Look at who you really are.  We are not perfect.  We make mistakes all the time, sometimes over and over again.  That's okay.  As long as you eventually learn and you can stand in that mirror and love the reflection, character, and soul of the person staring back at you, it will all be good.

Happy New Year!

-Tina