I slept on the New Year eve. For two reasons:
First, I felt sleepy and regretted a bar-hopping invitation from a friend (it’s more than a year since I totally quit drinking anyway).
Second, and more important, for me no day is more important than another day. Any new day that I am alive and kicking is a new day and a new year for me. I welcome each day with a smile and a little prayer. I go to bed every night with the same little prayer and a wish – to see another day. Last semester on my return to Sherubtse from a foreign trip I resumed my lecture with, "Nice to be back with you. I had a helluva great time in Vietnam." I paused and change my tone. "Actually, I have a great time wherever I am." The class laughed. But I really meant what I was saying.
Still, every New Year is a time to reflect on the year that went by and a time to look forward to what life has in store for us - and for those for whom we matter.
But whatever has happened and whatever will happen, one thing is for sure – life will go on.
So I have one wish for myself (you may wish the same if you want) – and that I would be able to go to bed every night, say my little prayer and sleep well – without any worry, without any remorse and with a smile on the face looking forward to another great day.
Welcome to 2014, on that note.
First, I felt sleepy and regretted a bar-hopping invitation from a friend (it’s more than a year since I totally quit drinking anyway).
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| Dremetse, October 2009 - Sleeping in a earthquake-damaged classroom during the Royal Tour |
Second, and more important, for me no day is more important than another day. Any new day that I am alive and kicking is a new day and a new year for me. I welcome each day with a smile and a little prayer. I go to bed every night with the same little prayer and a wish – to see another day. Last semester on my return to Sherubtse from a foreign trip I resumed my lecture with, "Nice to be back with you. I had a helluva great time in Vietnam." I paused and change my tone. "Actually, I have a great time wherever I am." The class laughed. But I really meant what I was saying.
Still, every New Year is a time to reflect on the year that went by and a time to look forward to what life has in store for us - and for those for whom we matter.
But whatever has happened and whatever will happen, one thing is for sure – life will go on.
So I have one wish for myself (you may wish the same if you want) – and that I would be able to go to bed every night, say my little prayer and sleep well – without any worry, without any remorse and with a smile on the face looking forward to another great day.
Welcome to 2014, on that note.
Happy New Year! Love your post! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year la!~
ReplyDeleteYou have such a good attitude, sir! Wishing you many more great times in '14.
ReplyDeleteAnd wake up the next day to witness this unfathomable life?
ReplyDeleteHappy new year sir; may the year showers you with all the joy and happiness. Loved your post as always.
Love your post sir. Happy New Year :)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Day, from Spain.
ReplyDeleteGood morning, how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Bhutan? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Bhutan in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez
hi Dorji,
ReplyDeletecould manage to find out your blog. sorry for intruding; we got introduced recently through Mr. Tenpa Gurme in my mart (i am sure you might have forgotten). anyways just wanna follow your wonderful blog.
regards,
Dorji Yangka