Take a Chance on Me

The past few days, the song that always pops in my head is "Take A Chance On Me" from ABBA. It came back to my head while watching Mamma Mia! months ago and now I can't get rid of it. I don't really think that the song fits my situation but the title does.

I know why it keeps popping in my head. It's because I'm trying to woo someone to want me. After examining myself and what I think she likes based on her lifestyle, I'm nowhere near her type. Just wishing that she'll notice me and maybe take a chance on me. Give a guy his chance to say his piece and let her decide.

The New Year Blog Award

Thanks for this Rechie for the award. I am truly a New Year lover. Well, I am not a fan of making resolutions because I never make a promise I can't keep. I will only write what I try do do each and every year

My Annual Commitment

To be better than what I am right now

Rules:
- You must be a true lover of the New Year to receive this award.
- The person to whom you give the award must also be in love with the New Year.

- Post at least five New Year’s Resolutions.
- If you can’t limit it to five, then continue until you go out of space.

- Pass the award along to as many bloggers as you like.
- Let your recipients know that you have tagged them by leaving a comment on their site. Also, link back the person who gave you the award.

I am passing this award to my fellow bloggers and friends:
Sheng
Lispeth
Donna Kristel
Angie
Elaine
Madelyn
Francis
Maya

I Have to be Optimistic

It's a new year and i have to be optimistic. I'm a self-confessed pessimist. I can always think of ways for things to go wrong in whatever I do. In the past, I would always defend that I was only thinking things through to avoid unexpected results. Thinking that way sucks the fun out of one's life. It diminish surprises in life. To be spontaneous is out of the question when you're a pessimist. Maybe deep inside, I was just afraid to fail again because of my past experiences. Being a pessimist let me cover hind inside a shell or defense mechanic I have created so that I can always say to myself when things don't go my way that it was expected.

But I have to change that mindset. I need to have a positive attitude even when things don't go my way. I have to experience events rather than recreate them in my mind. With the coming new year, I have to be on the positive side of things, to give things the benefit of a doubt, to be happy.

A Star

I saw a star, I reached for it, I missed.
So I accepted the sky.

Scott Fortini, age 12, in the Christian Science Monitor

Happy New Year

I wish everyone a wonderful year ahead.

Happy New Year.

Let's welcome the new year with
An Optimistic Mind and a Loving Heart.