The Thing Is

to love life, to love it even
when you have no stomach for it
and everything you’ve held dear
crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,
your throat filled with the silt of it.
When grief sits with you, its tropical heat
thickening the air, heavy as water
more fit for gills than lungs;
when grief weights you like your own flesh
only more of it, an obesity of grief,
you think, How can a body withstand this?
Then you hold life like a face
between your palms, a plain face,
no charming smile, no violet eyes,
and you say, yes, I will take you
I will love you, again.

- Ellen Bass

Change

2008 has come to an end. I know it is too late now to post about 2008 since it is almost 25 hours since it came to an end. For me the end has not come with a sign "Thank God It's Over", like the media did. Personally it was good year. I feel I am continuously improving my net worth.

In 2009 I want to see lot of changes in some areas around me. I want to get adventurous and take chances with life.

01. I want learn new things that will continuously improve my performance in the professional side.

02. I want to leave a budgeted life and save as much as possible for the winter of my life.

03. I want to spent more time with my son as he is in his best years now.

04. I want to travel to new places of spiritual interests.