Happy New Year 2011!

Well, it’s the start of the second decade of the Twenty-first century and the day finds me in a different place than I was at the start of the first decade. Then I was living in Paris, France and fulfilling a long-time desire to call that city home. And home it was and, in reality, home it will forever be. I’m a New Englander who lives in California and whose heart is in the City of Light. I long to return to Paris, but I know I was fortunate to live in the place that so long ago captured my heart and refused to return it. Not everyone has that joyous experience and if there is some place you know that will give you unbelievable happiness, do whatever you can to obtain it. If where you are now is that special place, then you are indeed fortunate. I may never live in Paris again, but I know the wonder of having a dream fulfilled.

So, in this first year of a brand new decade, I wish you much happiness, excellent health, meaningful work, and most of all, the courage to seek your dreams and know the wonder. Happy New Decade!


“Happy New Year! 2011” graphic created by Adrean Darce Brent