To sum up the year...

This past year as undoubtedly been one of my hardest... from the highest high to the lowest low. I'm happy to leave 2009 behind, and even happier to be starting out a new, fresh year. While I don't have any specific resolutions, I'd really like to make an effort to take care of myself this year... mentally, physically, emotionally. With that, I'll leave you with some of my favorite quotes to inspire you.

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I’ve learned a lot this year... I learned that things don’t always turn out the way you planned, or the way you think they should. And I’ve learned that there are things that go wrong that don’t always get fixed or get put back together the way they were before. I’ve learned that some broken things stay broken, and I’ve learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you. - Jennifer Weiner

You know that feeling? That feeling when you just want the right thing to fall into the right place, not only because it’s right, but because it will mean that such a thing is still possible? I want to believe that. - Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. - Khalil Gibran

Everything changed the day he figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in his life.

No matter what, once in your life, someone will hurt you. That someone will take all that you are and rip it to pieces, and they won’t even watch where the pieces land. But through the breakdown, you’ll learn something about yourself. You’ll learn that you’re strong. And no matter how hard they destroy you, you can conquer anyone.

So from my brokenness, I’ve decided to recreate myself. Make something better of myself from nothing. It’s only when we are completely broken, that we can understand the greater power of our spirit. And find what we are truly made of.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. You have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. - Max Ehrmann

Change; we don’t like it, we fear it, but we can’t stop it from coming. We either adapt to change or we get left behind. And it hurts to grow, anybody who tells you it doesn’t is lying. But here’s the truth... the more things change, the more they stay the same. And sometimes, oh, sometimes change is good. Sometimes, change is... everything. - Meredith Grey

The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have. - Randy Pausch

More than anything I want to see you, girl, take a glorious bite out of the whole world.

Of course I hang on tight, she said. You can't believe the kind of stuff that happens when you let go.

In my dream, the angel shrugged and; said, “If we fail this time, it will be a failure of imagination”; and then she placed the world gently in the palm of my hand.

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. - Christian D. Larson

But in the end, the only steps that matter are the ones you take all by yourself.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde

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Happy New Year! Here's to 2010 being a good one.