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August 2009 
On 2008 and beyond......
Posted on Dec 31st, 2008
by 
Jane
Jane
All in all, 2008 turned out to be a pretty damn good year. I took interesting classes (AND did well in them, wow!), started learning Hebrew, had an incredible summer internship, started a job I love with people I love to work with, and met an absolutely wonderful guy.The year, God, and the fates have treated me well and I feel extremely blessed - and what's more, I still feel there may be even better things to come in 2009. Travels (hopefully!) at last to the middle east, new opportunities to love those around me, and the continuance of what has been my happiest and best relationship to date. The future looks bright.
I'm never much good with resolutions; like the rest of the world, I usually tend to abandon them before I even get started. What would I like to do? Keep my room cleaner and my door open more and get to know my residents better. Find the money to travel outside north america. Get my first-ever 4.0 in the coming semester. Read the Torah in the original hebrew. Have a significant impact on the life of a stranger or someone I don't expect to. Start tithing on a regular basis. Practice piano again. Will I manage to do any, let alone all of these? Quite possibly not. Some of them are lofty goals, others not so lofty, but regardless, my ability or inability to accomplish them comes back to one thing.
Focus.
My one true resolution, and for that matter the hardest one of all, is to stay focused. On what I want, what I feel meant to do, and what is really best for myself and more importantly, the world around me. Perhaps it isn't worth striving for because I'm ultimately doomed to failure. But I was never one to give up without trying.
shalom,
jane
I'm never much good with resolutions; like the rest of the world, I usually tend to abandon them before I even get started. What would I like to do? Keep my room cleaner and my door open more and get to know my residents better. Find the money to travel outside north america. Get my first-ever 4.0 in the coming semester. Read the Torah in the original hebrew. Have a significant impact on the life of a stranger or someone I don't expect to. Start tithing on a regular basis. Practice piano again. Will I manage to do any, let alone all of these? Quite possibly not. Some of them are lofty goals, others not so lofty, but regardless, my ability or inability to accomplish them comes back to one thing.
Focus.
My one true resolution, and for that matter the hardest one of all, is to stay focused. On what I want, what I feel meant to do, and what is really best for myself and more importantly, the world around me. Perhaps it isn't worth striving for because I'm ultimately doomed to failure. But I was never one to give up without trying.
shalom,
jane
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