take a dip; getcho' feet wet

(new year's champagne!)

everyone's swimming right now...
drowned in reflections, goal setting, coulda-woulda-shoulda's of 2007...
everyone except me that is.

surprisingly, i haven't been overly reflective of the past year or even the year to come.
maybe because i reflect way too much on the daily as it is.
professional reflector. hmmmm, another profession to think about.
not. really.

the only phrases that keep ringing in my mind this week reflect what should be done on a community/coalition level vs. self. sociologists (or wannabes) might reiterate that you have to help yourself before you can help your immediate environment. but in these times, i declare that its our duty to make a conscious effort to multi task. that is, improve on oneself and one's environment/community at the same time. it's all relative, we know this.

"If you have the opportunity to improve someone's life, it's your obligation to do so...it's not enough to read the paper and get upset." -Nayyera Haq

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