"Good luck exploring the infinite abyss!"

Welcome to the New Year lovelies! 2005 crept up on me in the cacophony that was my chaotic life in 2004. I cannot believe it! (said in my best Prince Akeem imitation)

I’m optimistic about 2005. I know that I can not banish chaos or disappointment or other bad shit but I might be able to summon that good ish. I am committing myself to thriving in calm or storm, on steady ground or sinking sand even floating on the broken shards of life’s many Titanics.

I’m excited. I’m sliding back into my own skin. I’m stepping out of my own shadow into the light. What I'm sayin' is: I gotta, gotta, gotta "drop the top and let the sunshine in!" Word to Cee-Lo!

I hope I dance.

"I Hope You Dance"
written by Mark Wright from da 'ville better know as the city that Moya built
sung by Lee Ann Womack

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty-handed
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

I hope you dance, I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin' might mean takin' chances, but they're worth takin'
Lovin' might be a mistake, but it's worth makin'
Don't let some hell-bent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to sellin' out, reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

I hope you dance, I hope you dance
I hope you dance, I hope you dance
(Time is a wheel in constant motion, always rolling us along
Tell me who wants to look back on their years
And wonder, where those years have gone)

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

Dance, I hope you dance
I hope you dance, I hope you dance
I hope you dance, I hope you dance
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along
Tell me who wants to look back on their years
And wonder where those years have gone)