Re: New Years Wishes for 2012

[Ricky Graham <rickygrahammusic@gmail.com>]

Nicely put, Ted. Happy new year to you also :)

On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Ted Killian <tedkillian@charter.net> 
wrote:
> Dear tribe,
>
> Damn if the last couple of years haven't been cursedly bleak and 
> execrably hard.
>
> Months and years come and go . . . and one year's end and another's 
> beginning seem just n arbitrary marks on a calendar.
>
> But I am still hoping . . . trying to maintain some optimism (despite 
> all rationally perceived and derived evidence to the contrary) . . . 
> that 2012 will indeed, somehow, be better.
>
> Despite everything else that my hinder, may we all enjoy increased 
> peace, wonder, creative inspiration and a renewal of energy to do those 
> things that drive us on . . . and to dream . . . along with health, 
> providence, and the bonds of friendship, love, and common human struggle 
> this year.
>
> May we each "occupy" our individual corners of the world and make them 
> better . . . with our art (or whatever we find handy) . . . or die 
> trying.
>
> The vast forces of stupidity, lethargy, bigotry, and shear inertia 
> arrayed against us each and every day.
>
> But may hope be rewarded and renewed even so.
>
> That is my wish, for myself and for everyone who reads this.
>
> Ted Killian