Ready or not, here is 2003.

Each year seems to shrink, and at each serving Time seems to cheat us of a few minutes each day.
Didn't 2002 and its 12 months got swallowed like a hand full of peanuts?

I hope this year has been full of great times and left you with many memories that will be worth reviving during casual conversations.

If 2002 has served any purpose in my life, it would be the revival of my Faith.
When I was kid I used to pray every night before letting sleep take over, I used to thank for all the good moments I got to live through, I used to ask for forgiveness for any offense I may have caused to God by misbehaving towards anyone (others and myself).
I used to ask forgiveness on behalf of whoever may have offended me.
Then I would ask God to bless every person I knew, and try to picture every person I knew, and as my eyes were closed I'd make an arborescent slide show of all the faces and names I knew.
Give everyone one thought.
and usually I would think of all the people related to my mom, my dad, my sister, their colleges, their friends, my teachers, my school "buddies", the garbage men, the post man, the bus driver, the neighbors, that fellow in front of me at the bakery i knew not, the baker, his wife, Fonzy and Potzy (from Happy days) etc etc until i fell asleep.

But one day I got struck by a major doubt, I was 10, it was fall, and like a candle flame, my Faith got blown away.

I will not share this doubt with you, but, 18 years later, I found a match, the wick and lite it again!

Sometime in November, I decided to start all over, leave all my doubts behind, give them up and get back to my little-boy-in-me's heart.

Everyone gets one thought from me every so often, when I get to you in my slideshow before I pass out, and start snoring my night away!

Sometimes yalls' odd screen names and avatars aren't helping in the process

May you all have a great year 2003!
May you be blessed with Health, the only wealth!
May you be blessed with Love.
May your loved ones be blessed just the same.
May all the morons of the world stay away from red nuke buttons!

Sincerly,
Jerome Knyszewski-Janas AKA Smiley

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Bless you! Thanks for that, and always keep your Faith!

Happy new year! I love your avatar!

Sounds good to me, thank you!