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New Year - - Aaratrika
The merry year is born, Like the bright berry from the naked thorn. 8760 hour, 12 months, 365 days and 756864000 seconds. After this a year comes to an end. In the last year everybody had memorable and depressing moments. For some ,the year was extraordinary while for some, it was... Submitted 2 years 47 days ago.

Father Time in Critical Condition - Mark Parsec
This, just in... Father Time is in critical condition and is expected to pass away in just a matter of days. Yes, Father Time, known by all, loved by many, hated by others, is in critical condition. It is not expected that he will make it into the New Year. Initial prognosis... Submitted 2 years 48 days ago.

New Years Resolution - Resolved, No Resolutions? - Michelle Mackin
There is so much hype about making New Year's resolutions that I thought I just had to say a few things. First of all, I wonder how many people even keep their resolutions? You would think that the numbers of successful resolution keepers would be dismally small. But, then again, on the... Submitted 2 years 48 days ago.

Starting the New Year Off Right - - David Tanguay
The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope." Pierre Teilhard Dechardin A new year is approaching the year 2010 will soon be here. What will this New Year bring us? Well I suppose it's up to the individual on how we (the individual) react to the New Year. We... Submitted 2 years 48 days ago.

January Inauguration and The Rapture---Horrifying Predictions - Sandra E. Graham
First off I want to say that these are not my predictions, but just something that I came across that made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. I am passing it on if anyone cares to read it you should use your own judgement as to how much salt you want to attribute to it. But I do know... Submitted 3 years 26 days ago.

Predictions of 2008 Gives Rise to Assortment of Predictions for 2009 - Sandra E. Graham
As we enter into our first month of the New Year and more importantly a New White House administration, we should pause and look back at 2008 and try to predict just how the events over the past year will effect our country and our future. There is an old saying that "time heals all wounds" and... Submitted 3 years 33 days ago.

Fear- The Essence of 2009 - - Ken McCreless
Greetings Fellow Travelers Simply put, my prediction for 2009 is people will be afraid. We ended 2008 with a horrible economic outlook. Why horrible? Not because of what has happened but what might happen. I have chosen what I believe to be the two greatest fear-inducing circumstances. ... Submitted 3 years 40 days ago.

A Brand New Start ~ - Camille Strate
For whatever reason, we seem to find more motivation to begin anew when the new year rolls in. Not sure why we have to wait for January 1st, but whatever it takes, huh? I believe in new beginnings, although I don't think we need to limit them to any particular day. One can begin anew on any... Submitted 3 years 41 days ago.

Why God Why? - - David Tanguay
Innocent people dying in foreign lands over prejudice and hate, why? Where they don't die from bombs and bullets they die from starvation, aids and what have you, again why? Why are some of us rich and others poor? Is wealth a sign of prosperity given to those whom are privileged, is it a gift... Submitted 3 years 41 days ago.

The New Year Future: Prophecies, Predictions, and Promises - - Jean Purcell
Making resolutions or thinking about the New Year at home, maybe before a fire? Or, are you with other people, talking and wondering? Wherever you are, may your thoughts include God, who knows your future and has good plans in mind for you. Will you enter into those plans, that future, that... Submitted 3 years 41 days ago.

2009--Where are we Headed--A Year of Great Change? - Sandra E. Graham
If you're looking for predictions , the writing is on the wall. 2009 may be looking at a worldwide economic collapse and if so, we might should be mounting impenetrable shutters on our windows and stockpiling guns and ammunition. This may be a year that makes the Great Depression look like a... Submitted 3 years 41 days ago.

Reasons for Optimism in 2009 - Eugene Redstone
New Year's Eve / Day is probably my favorite holiday of the year. Something profound occurs when people feel that they've been given the chance to start over. No other date universally marks the passing of what is old in exchange for the beginning of something new like New Year's Day does. 2008... Submitted 3 years 42 days ago.

New Years Resolutions: 10 Easy Health Tips You Can Stick With in the New Year - - Val Silver
Do you make New Year's Resolutions with the best of intentions only to fizzle out or not even start to deliver on them? Here are ten health tips that are easy to implement and make part of your every day life. Choose one or two tips to start and when that becomes habit, add another tip.... Submitted 3 years 42 days ago.

What Will the New Year 2009 Bring Me? - - Olof Eriksen
Today is December 30th and the new year, 2009, is looming ahead. And I ask again. What will the new year bring me. Will it continue to bring me good health and fortunes, and what will the new year bring others, especially the poor and not as fortunate as I am. Will I live trough 2009 and see the... Submitted 3 years 43 days ago.

Meditation - Jean Purcell
Thinking about a new year about to open before us, my thoughts turned to a name I have often heard or read about where I live. The name "Marcus Aurelius" sometimes appears on reading lists of "important people." He is sometimes referred to as a good Roman emperor, but in fact he was not exactly... Submitted 3 years 44 days ago.

United We Stand Divided We Fall - - David Tanguay
Well the year 2008 is almost over what will the year 2009 bring us. For one thing, a new president with many new ideas, I believe in Obama I just hope he brings us the change we all so desperately need. I know he will do his best to bring us back (the nation) on our feet. Not only in... Submitted 3 years 45 days ago.

Not 1 but 10 Predictions Which Will Come True in 2009 - As it has Over Thousand of Years Ask God - Kacycarr
What prediction can we give for the coming year that gives us a sure guarantee of it happening? Surely we do not need to spell it out. There is one particular happening still going strong to this day, even after thousands of years past, and still coming true, and will do for the rest of our... Submitted 3 years 45 days ago.

The Winding Path to New Years Eve - Gerry Charbonneau
"For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice." T. S. Eliot The time between December 26th and December 31st is not really considered a significantly special time of the year. The Christmas gifts that were so carefully chosen and wrapped with such... Submitted 3 years 45 days ago.

Last Year's New Years Resolution: How Did we Do--and a Prayer for 2009 - - Teresa Ortiz
Today is December 27, 2008. All is quiet and peaceful-the calm after the storm of Christmas--giving me opportunity to reflect on these past 12 months. I was drawn to the personal note on the January 2008 Issue of, "Be Ready", the monthly newsletter of In Season Ministries . The following is what... Submitted 3 years 46 days ago.

Looking Over the Veil into 2009 - - Patricia Barbee
There are a number of things that will surely happen. Thursday 1 January will be New Year's Day Tuesday 6, January, the Representatives of our Federal Government will be sworn in. Tuesday, 20 January at noon the President-Elect becomes, Mr. President, Barack H. Obama. Those across the aisles in... Submitted 3 years 46 days ago.

My Personal Predictions For 2009 Must Go On The Gloomy Side - Joel Hendon
I wish my outlook for this coming year was brighter than it is. I am not normally a doomsayer and I do try to look on the bright side of things whenever I can see where there is one. I do not see such for 2009. Everyone who reads my articles knows that, ideologically, I hold conservative views.... Submitted 3 years 46 days ago.

My Predictions for the year 2009 - - Kathy Somers
For starters I want to wish everyone a Happy and Safe New Year! As far as predictions for the future are concerned, I really don't pay much attention to any of them except for those that are given to us in our Bible in the last book of Revelations. When these predictions are going to happen, I... Submitted 3 years 46 days ago.

A Personal Prediction for You...2009 - A Year to Shine. - Adam Keegan
I trust, like me, you are eager to get into the new year. This last year may have been hard for you (as for me), financially, emotionally, physically and spiritually. I have recently had to move away from a dream and what seemed like a God-given mandate to start a rehab-style retreat in remote... Submitted 3 years 46 days ago.

Happy "New" Year! - Deborah Hall-Branch
Happy New Year! Start it brand new! Make no promises, you can't keep true. Release those things stress brings. Get involved with friends who care. Take a trip, treat yourself, go somewhere; Submitted 3 years 49 days ago.

Activities To Celebrate New Years Day In The Preschool Classroom - Stephany Springer
It is the end of the fall season of preschool and time to focus on the new year. The kids have already come so far most looking entirely different, much older, then when they first step foot in your classroom. Why not start the first days back to school with a celebration? What better way to do... Submitted 3 years 49 days ago.