Happy New Year to us all

Who knew we would ever make it to 2011?  As someone born in 1948. it was never an absolute certainty to me.  Fiddlesticks!  At seventeen I never thought I would survive long enough to be thirty.  It was a sign of the times.....nuclear arsenals, bomb shelters, fast cars, corrupt politicians, scandals, massive frauds, rampant pornography, abuse, neglect, raging poverty..........actually, very little has changed.  But, the fact is that something has changed.......ME.  At sixty-two I have had a change in attitude.  Where once I said that I was only one person so there was nothing I could do, now I say....and truly believe.....that all change begins with one person......that first person who refuses to abandon something that desperately needs changing because of its flawed, yet inherent value.  Well, here I am, World.  As long as I am here, I will work at changing what needs changing.  "God bless us, every one...."