Brandelyn: Lyrical Contradiction

This blog is dedicated to my Old roommate Rhoda...LOL!!!
           

            I have to say that I started the New Year out on a very...what’s the word...relaxing note. We won’t use the word lazy in 07, we use the word relaxing. The entire day on New Years was spent reflecting, writing, analyzing and releasing the past year all from the comfort of my couch. In fact the only down moment of the day was watching Michigan lose, but Cal smizashed whoever we played in our bowl game, so such is life. Anywho... 2006 for me was a beast. Full of all kinds of craziness and I promise you, and I stand by this, that year was one of the longest years I have ever encountered! LOL! But I am glad it is over. I am a fan of fresh starts. From New Years day to birthdays to simple things like cleaning out the closet and getting a little bit more breathing room, fresh starts are the thing to do. So in the spirit of the new year, instead of making all kinds of worthless resolutions that we never fulfill, (I mean let’s keep it real, I’d be a size 10, would have honestly read all of the books on my bookshelf and would have organized all of my closets and cabinets, but we all know that none of this has actually gone down, but I digress) this year, I finally giving myself a fresh start. I am letting go of the mistakes I made in 2006 and I am not going to dwell on them anymore, and if you know me AT ALL, you know that that is no easy feat). I am going to pace myself and stop trying to rush to get where God wants me to get. I’ll get there when its time and in the mean time, I am going to enjoy life. I spent a so much time in 2006 looking ahead that I forgot to just chill out and take a breath. So this year, call me Toni Braxton because I am going to Breathe Again in 2007. I have a ton of books on my bookshelf that I have yet to read and I might get to a few of them, and I might not. But life is too short to live in regret. All of the choices and decisions I have made up until this point have gotten me right where I am, so things can’t be all that bad. I’m happy and I truly intend to find out what it really feels like to live life like its Golden. I don’t know if 2007 is going to be a good or a bad year. Of course it is my prayer and silent belief that it is the former, but I do know that I am going to do my best to honestly enjoy this one. To stop looking at what she has or what he has and appreciate my accomplishments and where I hope to go. My high school reunion is this year and I look at how my life has progressed over the past 10 years, I can only be thankful for where I am and what I have done. So I welcome 2007 and all of the wisdom, mistakes and freedom that will come from the next 363 days.

So Roommate, I hope this inspires you and know that I love you and kiss my Godson for me and tell him that his Godmommie loves him!
Peace y’all

B