About 15 minutes to go before the clock strikes midnight here in Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) and all those within the same time zone, and the new year would be here to greet us whether we like it or not. Personally, I am  anxious to bid farewell to 2010, as I am hoping that 2011 will be a much, much better year for me and my loved ones.

2010 has been a very trying year, mostly a bad roller coaster rides throughout the year  for me. Of course, there were some good ones that worth bringing forward into 2011. I wouldn’t want to recap everything here, but this is what I can say; I learnt a lot from the things that happened in my life this year, but mostly, I learnt about patience and being grateful for all of it, be it good or bad. These experiences makes me a better, stronger person – that much I know. And, in God I trust.

What better way to end the year with a prayer, and the same goes with the last entry in this blog for 2010;

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

–Reinhold Niebuhr

Goodbye 2010! Thank you for the experience and the lessons. May those who made me happy, helped me through the difficulties be blessed abundantly and those who hurt me deeply be forgiven. May the pain, the sorrow and tears of sadness will pass by forever as 2010 would be and be replaced with joy and tears of happiness in the New Year to come.

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