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2006 was, 2007 is

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In less than 2 hours, I will officially say goodbye to 2006 and hello to 2007.

I returned home from Los Angeles to Merced earlier today.

As I told my dad, I like to sleep on a bed. The living room couch at my parents’ house in Southern California just wasn’t cutting it after 10+ days.

Before I left, I had lunch with my parents. We had a good talk.

While the holidays are a time for family and friends, the holidays is also a time for individual/personal renewal, rejuvenation, and reflection.

As I was driving up to Merced, I made a pit stop in Delano and purchased a Dole Strawberry Kiwi juice.

I got back on the 99 north and continued to drive. To the west, the sun was setting and as I looked at the sunset I thought to myself, wow, that is going to be the last sunset of 2006. To be honest, I was a bit sad, but no, no tears. :-P

Then I thought to myself, yes, that may be the last sunset of the year, but it is not the last sunset I will see.

2006 was my best year yet.

I have learned that there are a good many people out in the world who seek to change it. Whether its my family, my peers at UC Merced, my fellow student government members, people at the Great Valley Center, members of the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley, my friends back in Southern California, and anyone else, each person I have met along the path I call life is unique and inspiring.

I have learned to open my heart to a beautiful, intelligent woman named Mayra.

I have learned that each day is a day to be thankful for, to appreciate, to look forward to, and to seize.

I have learned that no matter your circumstances, no matter your doubts, that anyone can overcome anything. That we all have the power, the ability, the desire, to wake up each day and make a difference in the world.

Whether it’s smiling at a long-time friend or long-lost soul, whether it’s driving hours and hours to attend a meeting and return home the same day, whether it’s admitting fault and moving on, or whether it’s saying “Why do tomorrow what I could do today?”

For all the bad things that seem to be happening in the world: war, genocide, poverty and the like, there are a far greater number of good things happening: people working towards peace, people make others aware, people calling others to action, and people actually taking action to make their community, from local to global, better.

Life is much too short to say someone else is to blame, someone else is responsible, or someone else will do it. When, in reality, this world calls for more, our society demands better, we expect more from ourselves. The fact of the matter is that 2006 is gone and 2007 is almost here. A year from now, what will you have accomplished? How will you have made your community, your world a better place not only for yourself, but for the future as well? What difference will you have made with the time you have on this planet?

Dec

30

RIF: Living, Leading and the American Dream

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Dec

25

Merry Christmas!

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Dec

22

Risk!

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Dec

21

Letter to the Editor: UC, city are one

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Dec

17

TIME’s 2006 Person of the Year: “You.” (and Me), But…

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Dec

17

Everest: Beyond the Limit, Pineapple Juice

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Dec

15

ASUCM: End of the Fall 2006 Semester Message

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Dec

10

New CA.gov Website Soon

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Dec

10

Fall 2006 Concluding, Make a Further Difference

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