Sometimes

New Years' Eve...

I can finally officially say goodbye to this beautiful, ugly, terrible, wonderful year.

I can only count the blessings of this year in contrast to the tragedies. If it weren't for the low points, I fear I may have neglected to make note of the high ones.

I have come to know and grown close to so many wonderful people this year. Thanks to these, I now know how I want to spend my time.

I have lost... so deeply... and the shock made me realize how I want to spend my time. Why waste another moment? I hope that I never again take the ones I love for granted...

I have enriched my quality of life by forgetting about forgettable people... People that didn't have my best interest in mind, and were only using me as a point of interest.

I have been on grand adventures, with the best of the best at my side. I hope to never forget the wonderful moments I have shared with the friends and family I have that really care about who I am and who I want to be. This is has been the most rewarding part... Sharing my life with others and having them share theirs with me. These are the moments that make me feel like this year has been worth something.

I have changed... and also have yet to decide if I like that change or not.

My hope for next year is that it will be even more full. I want to relax more, and take every moment as it is, the good and the bad.

I want to have more adventures, and spend more time with the people who matter. I want to spend less time trying to please the people who don't.

Most of all, I want those I love to have success and fulfillment. I want them to have the best years they can possibly have. I want to see them spread their wings and become the people they want to be. I no longer want to have to watch them struggle, because I know they deserve more than that... And I want those of my loved ones who haven't realized that to do so.

It's going to be a big year... I can feel it... Won't you share it with me?



And I say
"Sometimes, I feel like I can do anything and
Sometimes, I'm so alive, so alive
Sometimes, I feel like I can zoom 'cross the sky and
Sometimes, I wanna cry"

Most people try to aim to please
But a lot a them are kinda weak in the knees
Learnin' late about the birds and the bees
Fallin' in love and wanna be set free
Playin' ball at the age of thirteen
Everybody's growin' up with a dream
I never noticed what could happen to me
Time flies when you're walking the streets

One minute gotcha holdin' an ace
The next minute gotcha fall on your face
A mean city is a nasty place
Only a rat can win a rat race
Peace to the people who be fallin' away
To make it home today
And peace to the people who be tryin' to find
Some kind of life

Sometimes, I feel like I can do anything and
Sometimes, I'm so alive, so alive
Sometimes, I feel like I can zoom 'cross the sky and
Sometimes, I wanna cry

Yeah love never stop now
Our love will never stop now
Yeah love will never stop now
Our love will always shine

Sound of body and sound of mind
Sound of the rhythm and sound of the rhyme
Somebody marchin' all out of time
Biggest mistakes are the humanest kind

Judge not, lest you be judged
The court room or the Billy club
Blood bubblin' thicker than mud yo'
The heart beat rub-a-dub-dub
Show love and love who you know
Family wherever you go
Tokyo to Acapulco
Bravissimo, magnifico

Peace to the people who be losin' their head
Peace to the people who be needin' a bed
Love to the people who be feelin' alone
Spreadin' love upon the microphone
Hope to the people who be feelin' down
Smile to the people who be wearin' a frown
Faith to the people who be seekin' the truth y'all

- Sometimes, Michael Franti