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Happy New Year 2010

There is excitement as the New Year 2010 grows closer to us each hour. To each of you, I wish you a very  joyous and happy new year ahead.

Ring in the New Year 2010 with new resolutions that will make you grow your happiness as much as your relationships and learning curve in every realm of life. Ultimately, we want to make our dreams come true by working hard for it and not simply because we left it to chance or good luck.

Lord Alfred Tennyson's poem reminds us of ringing in the New Year so that it is time to let go of the past and bring into our lives what is true.

"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.
"


I also want to thank you all for sharing your thoughts and comments with me, encouraging me and lighting up my life by showing how deeply you care about what I write.

To each one of you, I owe the high curves in learning, sharing and loving. I thank you all with all my heart.


Happy New Year.

Comments

prerna said…
Wishing you and yours a wonderful New Year too!! Blessings always.
BK Chowla, said…
Avery happy new year to you all.
Kals said…
Love those lines of Tennyson! Have a wonderful 2010 :)
Lavanya Sriram said…
Wish you and your family a very happy and prosperous 2010. May all that you wish and desire for come true
Ginger said…
Happy New Year to you as well Lady I hope you have a fabulous 2010!!
Raji said…
Happy New Year!
Shriti said…
A very very hAPPY NEW YEAR :))
SUFFIX said…
Wish you all a very Happy & Prosperous New Year. Let all the days of the year fill with joy and peace.
Thank you all! Wish you the very best in 2010
Namitha said…
Wish you too a wonderful year ahead !!!!
Shilpa Garg said…
Wishing you a very happy, satisfying and enriching new year! :)
R. Ramesh said…
S thanks for msg ya..hey..y dont u guys visit chennai ya...jus 2 hrs fm del after all..think...tell mr sanand...
Lena Jayadev said…
wish you a very happy and prosperous new year...especially to the little one.. :)
@Gulmohar, Shilpa and Lena: Thank you all, wish you the same joy and happiness this year.

@Ramesh: Sure, thanks a ton! I will plan something with Sanand and hope to visit in 2010 itself.

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