This Issue has been revised from the Break It Down post originally conceived,
created, and published December 29, 2010,
and re-posted December 28, 2011, and December 31, 2014. This is my last post of 2015, and 444th
Edition of Break It Down, which debuted August
20, 2007 on the BlogSpot
platform. I migrated the principal site
to WordPress August 3, 2012, approximately three weeks before the Fifth Anniversary of the blog. You
may find this and most other posts at either site.
With this post I wish you
a blessed and bountiful Happy New Year. And while I’m at it, today is my “born day.” So, without asking, and without further ado,
I’m taking a point of special privilege.
Before you read the post, click on the link and check it out:
Now, enjoy today’s blog.
The one-half fortnight between Christmas
and New Year's Days is a unique occurrence in the unfolding of the American
edition of the Gregorian Calendar.
It is the only instance in which the space of a mere seven days separates two
major holidays. Unquestionably, the timing is propitious. Millions of holiday
travelers return home from their Christmas commemoration and revelry,
just in time to get a day off to "celebrate" the New Year...and
recuperate from the old, most notably
their extracurricular activities,
including the exploits of New Year's Eve.
In last week's post, I presented
a re-airing my personally crafted Christmas Concert (12 Days of Christmas: The e-Concert - 2015) from
the past Noels.
This week, I doubled down and reverted to my trusty time capsule. Once again, this tack permits new
readers to catch-up by seeing the piece, it allows long-time
readers to reflect upon both the passing year as well as the theme
lifted in the post, and finally, it ensures that those busy readers, with
no time to invest in checking out a new blog during the holidays, will not
have to miss anything. It's a win, win...win!
Since we are still in the Sweet
Spot of the holidays, I shall practice
minimalism. For your purposes, that means the blog
should be available, but not intrusive. To that end, I
am taking a page from the
Christmas e-concert, but going a step further. Instead of a concert, I give you
a song…of reflection.
Robert
Burns, a Scot, wrote a poem (Auld Lang Syne) in 1788
that has come to symbolize the spirit of mass contemplation that people around
the world invoke as the clock strikes midnight, signaling not just the dawn of
a new day, but of a new year. Undoubtedly, you have been somewhere, at sometime,
when you joined those assembled to sing Auld Lang Syne, which loosely
translated means, Times gone by.
Once again, that time is
upon us. After thoughtful reflection on my 2015, I have had no choice
but to conclude, my travails have been few and small, especially when compared
to my blessings, which have been both abundant and vast! All praises to the one
true, omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient God;
a mighty fortress is He.
No need to thank me for my
inherent thoughtfulness. But, by all means, “Drink a cup of kindness,”
or eggnog, or Champagne, or “name your favorite adult beverage,” for me. And, if you are
a teetotaler, water will do nicely,
thank-you!
As I complete my last post
for this year, and, prayerfully and faithfully prepare to embrace 2016,
I leave with you this familiar Irish Toast:
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
I invite you to click on
the link below, which leads to a Smooth
Jazz interpretation of Auld
Lang Syne, arranged and performed by Donnie
Thomas (and listen to the remainder of this week’s edition of Break
It Down):
It has been my unique
honor and privilege to visit with you briefly for each of the 52
weeks this year. I hope you have derived a fraction of the pleasure reading the
blog posts that I have experienced from preparing and providing them
to you. May 2016 bring you the fulfillment of all your fondest
desires. Happy New Year: Here’s to AuldLang Syne Redux!
I’m done; holla back!
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