Past Christmas, on to New Year's!

[bridder01]

Hi everyone! Brian here! I hope everyone had a wonderful (or as close as you could get) Christmas (or a Happy Holidays, for those non-Christians in the audience)! I've been taking a long overdue break to let my batteries recharge from school and to get ready for the next semester. I've genuinely forgotten how rough school can be! Particularly when you're in class with people 20 years younger than you! lol

I must admit, my mental health has been a bit wobbly as of late. I think part of it is the holiday season (I swear if one more person sings a Christmas song, I'll deck their halls for them! lol), but part of my is scared about the coming year. No, not college necessarily. 2020 could be a make-or-break year for our world. There is so much we need to fix, repair or just plain demolish. I want to be optimistic and say we'll get through this, but I'm not so sure. I'm scared and angry at the same time. Does that make sense?

Anywho, let me know how you are all doing and I'll be on and off during the course of the day!

2019 needs to go! lol

Your pal,

Brian

[susanjo613]

Always love hearing from you! Glad you survived your first semester. Try not to think about tomorrow and focus on getting through the present.

[bridder01 in reply to susanjo613]

Thanks Susie! Trying to. It's a never ending battle lol

[susanjo613 in reply to bridder01]

Amen to that mi hermano!

[bridder01 in reply to susanjo613]

Who's Herman? I don't know any Herman! lol

[newbie1956]

My personal view (poem)

"January Jolt "

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The old year is ending and wasn't it brief !

Are we looking back with a sigh of relief?

A NEW Year, they say, but how is it new?

Have things really changed for Christians & Jew?

Is mankind praising GOD or is violence still King?

Will this year be different or do old habits cling ?

We truly long for a joyous & peaceful world

...yet this shaky system is about to fall.

Until the Great Timekeeper calls,

the only thing that's really new

is the calendar on our kitchen walls.