*~~ *~~*~~ *HAPPY NEW YEAR GITS ~~Reflections for the Day~~~ *~~ *~~ *
for December 30 and 31, 2007
AMERICA – I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. ~Abraham Lincoln
For ALL The GITS ~~~
And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
~Lee Greenwood
Alan Smithee – New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights. ~Hamilton Wright Mabie
Amy – Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ~Hal Borland
Country Bob – New Year's Day is every man's birthday. ~Charles Lamb
Glenn – No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam. ~Charles Lamb
Gloop – New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. ~Mark Twain
Honor First – A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other. ~Author Unknown
Ish – An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~Bill Vaughan
Josh -- Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~Benjamin Franklin
John Carragher –
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
~Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850
Justin C. - Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Ken Adams – Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to. ~Bill Vaughn
KLP – We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. ~Edith Lovejoy Pierce
Lady Lurksalot – Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever. ~Mark Twain
Laz - Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
ManyMoose – For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
~T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding"
Mph – Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits. ~Author Unknown
Neeka – The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective. ~G.K. Chesterton
Nhaynes – A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.
~Edgar Guest
PatiBob – May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions. ~Joey Adams
Peter Dierks – One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things. ~John Burroughs
Richardred – Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year. ~Charles Lamb
Tim Fowler – I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the year's. ~Henry Moore
Rudi – We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential. ~Ellen Goodman
Westi – Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go. ~Brooks Atkinson
Carolyn –
We meet today
To thank Thee for the era done,
And Thee for the opening one.
~John Greenleaf Whittier
For the New Year 2008
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. ~Thomas Mann
Auld Lang Syne by Various Artists
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Auld Lang Syne was written by Robert Burns. This montage is a tribute to the Scotsman who wrote this wonderful song that is so appropriate to sing as one year ends and a new year begins.
Lyrics:
Verse One
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?
Chorus
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld Lang syne,
We'll take a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
Verse Two
And there's a hand my trusty friend
And give me a hand of yours
And we will take of a good drink/toast
For old long ago
Chorus (repeat)
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld Lang syne,
We'll take a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne
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