This is a salute to the year that passed, sometimes painful and sometimes devoid of emotion. I have looked back often trying to learn and grow from everything that life chose to hand me, this time i look back not to analyse, wallow or bask in the memories of love lost and sanity gained on instead I stop to look back and revel in amazement and awe of my journey. I certainly have gone a long way... when this part of my life started i had nothing, not a scrap of hope for the days to come nor the courage to go on but i did and that much i thankful for and greatly humbled. With time on my side, wisdom somehow kissed me to urged me to evolve to the person that i am today. i wont mince my words... it has been arduous onus to pick up the pieces of what my life was. Hearts break everyday but when ideals are shaken... a world collapses... giving way to the rise of a new being - pieced from the past, held together by dreams and strengthen by a deeper understanding of life's essence. I have cried much, feared much and have been angered so deeply but today... today, i finally walk away from the shadows ready and keen to face LIFE... I have come to a complete circle... Let me see you off my past, hoping that the winds carry the beat of being and let them know of my well wishes. But in the end this is a toast to happy todays, dreams and tomorrows. salute!