You are brighter than the fireworks that paint the sky at midnight

Not much to say but happy new year gang.. I got this off of a very awesome charity called To Write Love on Her Arms. It's an amazing place, check it out. What he wrote couldn't describe what I wanted to say any better, Enjoy.

Something happens at midnight. Or something is supposed to, right?

I think the big idea is change. The thing we want to believe is that things can change, things can be new, that at midnight it might be possible to leave some things behind. Start over. Hope. New.

I know it isn't simple, that we live with broken stuff that doesn't just vanish with the stroke of a clock. I know we need more than a moment. But I like that the world celebrates this moment. I believe that right now, millions of people are also celebrating hope. Some don't even realize it but they are smiling at the possibility that 2007 can be the best year of their life.

I have tasted a few different versions of New Year's. I have known it laughing with friends. I have known it alone with pain.

But changes come. I just want to say that wherever you're at tonight, or when you read this, right now... that there is hope. That you are loved. That you are not alone. That 2007 can be the best year of your life. That the world is broken and scary but it's also huge and beautiful and all of that means endless possibilities, endless opportunities. You were made with a purpose. You are a part of a bigger story of hope and change and you have a part to play.

You are brighter than the fireworks that paint the sky at midnight. You matter even more.


From "Long December" by the Counting Crows:
A long December and there's reason to believe,
maybe this year will be better than the last.

From "New Year's Day" by U2:
Say it's true, it's true... And we can break through.
Though torn in two, we can be one.
I, I will begin again. I, I will begin again.