To the year I found my pen...goodbye to 2010

This post isn't so much about an interesting stranger I've never met, but rather a reflection on the "strangers" I've faced throughout the year. Sometimes you can't really form a new relationship with someone until you examine your own life, even if that relationship is only with a perfect stranger.

And when you start examining, you begin to find deeper meanings between the random encounters you hold with people. When you start to understand your life, you begin to understand the lives of others.

So, this is my reflection of 2010.

I can't help but smirk when I think about how far I've come, who I've become, and what I've learned in the past 12 months. So much has happened, so much has changed...but more importantly, I've changed. Navigating through troubled waters, I reached the calming sea's peaceful rainbow, and for that alone, I will forever be thankful for the year 2010.

I can honestly say that I've grown tremendously in the last year alone, becoming a stronger, wiser, more responsible adult finding her way in this crazy thing we call life. My year, unlike any other, can be traced and understood through my writing. For it shows the ups and downs of my life, discovering moments of both discouragement and inspiration, glorifying the Lord while cursing my gift, and learning who am I and who I'm becoming each and everyday.

And as I reflect on the past year, I become more and more thankful for the heavenly-sent angels that guided me through it all. For if it wasn't for the father's light shining brightly within some of his most precious children, I would have never been able to find my way through the dark.

Strangers became friends, friends became enemies, and enemies became strangers. Sometimes you've just got to let go, let God, move on with life and move on to find the people that will really matter to you. Because every once in a while, a perfect stranger becomes a best friend.

To the year I found my pen...goodbye to 2010.

Here's to 2011...to all the strangers we'll meet and to all the friends we'll gain.

Here's to the joy of meeting a perfect stranger.

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