A New Hope

Happy to you!!.....i.e. May the year 2009 be filled with happiness and prosperity and all your wishes and dreams come true. Have a truly wonderful time and Happy New Year!......The standard forwarded message that floods your inbox at midnight on 31st December. Combined with the social lubricants you have undoubtedly consumed before the magical hour, this results in a warm and fuzzy feeling that compels you to reply to the sms and shout out your raison d'etre to the assembled public.....HAPPY TO YOU!...........
And at this most auspicious of beginnings, you can feel it in your gut. The conviction that somehow this is gonna be the one. You know, the year in which you fulfill your wishes, keep those half-assed resolutions and get ahead of the game. This time it will be different, life will be fair and you will get all the good things that you so richly deserve.........Well, who am i to spoil the party?......Folks, go for it!.....And remember that before you can fly, you gotta fall a couple of times.......So as the penguins of Madagascar say "Smile and wave boys, just smile and wave!"