Ich weiss noch meinen allerersten Gedanken, nachdem es vor genau 12 Monaten Mitternacht schlug... "2006 wird ein Zauberjahr werden..." Und ich schaue auf ein Jahr zurück, das schöner fast hätte nicht sein können und müsste ich es mit nur einem Wort beschreiben, würde ich "Leben" sagen. Ich hab gelernt, was es heisst zu leben. Mit dem Herzen. Und ich denke, das werde ich niemals wieder verlernen. It's true what they say. Time is an unreliable narrator. History gets rewritten in small ways with each passing day. I can't swear this is exactly how it happened, but this is how it felt. I used to be afraid of so many things... That I'd never grow up. That I'd be trapped in the same place for all eternity. That my dreams would forever be shy of my reach. It's true what they say. Time plays tricks on you. One day you're dreaming, the next your dream has become your reality. And now that this scared little girl no longer follows me wherever I go, I miss her. I do. 'Cause there are things I wanna tell her-- to relax, to lighten up, that it is all going to be ok. I want her to know that meeting people who like you, who understand you, who actually accept you for who you are, will become an increasingly rare occurrence. These people who contributed to who I am, they are with me wherever I go, and as history gets rewritten in small ways with each passing day, my love for them only grows. Because the truth is... it was the best of times. Mistakes were made, hearts were broken, harsh lessons learned, but all of that has receded into fond memory now. How does it happen? Why are we so quick to forget the bad and romanticize the good? Maybe it's because we need to believe that the time we spent together actually meant something, that we were there for each other in a time in our lives that defined us all, a time in our lives that we will never forget. I can't swear this is exactly how it happened. But this is how it felt. Ich wünsche euch ein traumhaftes Jahr 2007!!!