December 31, 2009

• The New Decade Awaits

  

  “This Moment”
  Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
  January 2, 2009 5:40 a.m. pst

  
  In a moment everything can change
  Good can turn to bad
  Familiar becomes strange

  For the moment all might seem as bliss
  No one predicts their moments
  Or what becomes of this

  Living in this moment doesn’t tell what’s next
  To live within the moment though
  Will give us perfect rest

  For the moment everything is fine
  Breathe deep and relax
  No need for sadness or to whine

  The moment turns we know not when
  It might play through
  Or change around the bend

  In a moment one can lose a life
  A time of greatness
  Can turn easily to strife

  In a moment one can breathe a sigh
  For as the moment passes
  Good luck is surely nigh

  No one can predict the future
  Nobody should dwell in the past
  In a moment it all might be different
  Or this moment might long truly last

  Meet the New Decade, same as the old Decade? Perhaps. But then again, who knows? I’m sure there will be more reality show celebutantes which we don’t even know right now swimming in the fame pool during the next decade. We had a recession this decade. Time for the stocks to rally and everybody to get a raise. Hey, it’s gotta be better!

  Children who were born at the cusp of the New Millennium just a few moments ago are now celebrating their tenth birthdays. They’ll have driver’s licenses and college terms dues at the end of the next.

  I wrote an essay on my website in 2002 entitled “The Next 30 Years”. Inspired by  a country song by Tim McGraw:  ”Something has to be said which connects the dots, puts everything into perspective, and unites the warring “tribes” of humanity. If this doesn’t happen, then we’re doomed. I see this clearly, and I have this now beautiful website, which, if ever visted, and investigated, would offer the visitor some knowledge and talent, and might, with the help of these “essays” share in the ultimate truth of humanity and join me in discouraging the apathy and hopelessness we see every minute of every day.
  I’m astounded when I think of how my own life now seems notoriously wasted, and even when I do in these rare enough instances these days type a few random paragraphs into the word processer, those words never seem to be the ones which were in my thoughts, and they merely serve no purpose really, rather than as a plea to sanity, if not humanity’s, then surely my own.”

  2002. Just a blink of the mind’s eye, until I look in the mirror, of course. Weird to think that nearly 10 of those 30 years have already passed. I really don’t feel as if my life has been “wasted” anymore. I have even seen some “readership” of my website and blog, so this is cause for celebration.

  I got this blog in 2004. Each year, I celebrate the passing of another, with my resolutions for the future, and I say “good riddance” to the past. I’m forever looking forward, even as I cherish that past, which has given me so many good memories and shared experiences. A lot of the folks with whom I shared those experiences are no longer around for some reason or other. I was telling a friend the other day. “Look, you’re one of the ‘last buddies”. One’s dead. One’s in prison, One’s homeless.” To which he replied, “Two are dead.”. I’d forgotten about the other guy. Oh, what a fickle fate filled oddessy our lives become after a while.

  I use the Xanga tags feature and I’ve got a whole section labeled “New Years”, (Yes that’s the link to the section.) Resolution from the 2005 post: “New Year’s Resolutions? Stay healthy, try to curb the debt, and find entertainment and enlightenment in every situation. Same as last year. And the year before that.” In 2006 I evaluated and reassessed everything I outlined in 2005. In 2008 I posted pictures of my fat self, and proclaimed that instead of making the same resolution to lose weight, I was just going to buy larger clothes sizes, which I did. I didn’t even bother with a New Year’s post in 2009. Been there. Done that.

  This is different, I will proclaim, even as I know it really isn’t. It’s the new DECADE. The “teens” are upon us! Health, wealth, and enlightenment for 2010? Hey, I’m wiser maybe. If it happens, it happens. A LOT happened to me in 2009 (you might remember I just said I didn’t write any “resolution post” at the beginning of 2009.) I got through the year, and I’m here right now, waiting for the next. I’ve even got a couple of bottles of Korbel Brut chillin’ in the fridge for midnight. I’m going to celebrate being around.

  And that’s my resolution for this year. To be around next year to make hopefully the same resolution. I must admit, I’ve been somewhat gluttonous this holiday season. I love to eat, especially candy, cake, chocolate, ice cream, pile it on. I’ll start dieting sometime in January. (Like. I. Do. Every. Year.) I’ll be going in for my yearly checkup sometime soon. I’ve got the opthamologist and the periodontist, and who knows what other ologists and ontists to see this year. (And I thought my health problems were over, whoa, nelly, I’m another year older, don’t you know.)

  I do make plans. My “five year plan” to get into a senior mobile home park came true this past year. I’ve got my hip fixed (Well, it wasn’t in the plan for it to break, but oh well.) My next five year plan is to be debt free by the time I hit the big 6-0. (Coming up in less than five years!) And hopefully by then I’ll do some traveling.

  In the meantime, I think I’ll keep blogging here on Xanga, and hoping for more interaction, more comments, and more camaraderie and friendship. Maybe I’ll even MEET someone in “real life” this year. (I am planning on celebrating the New Year at midnight tonight with a buddy, so I won’t be celebrating alone!)

  Life is good.

  Happy New Year! Happy New Decade!

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