Last day of 2016 and here we are again, thinking about the year we had and making resolutions for the year that will start tomorrow. 2017!
I'm not the kind of person that thinks a lot about how was the year that is finishing or that makes new year resolutions.
For me, if the overall year was good, I call it a good or even fantastic year. If it was bad, I think about what spoiled it and try to not make or allow the same bad things to happen the following year and those are my only resolutions.
Worldwide, 2016 was a very strange year and brexit and the Trump election were just a few of the most concerning and strange things that happened this year, although the consequences from both decisions are still to come...
Personally, it was a very good year and I'm finishing it with a very big smile on my face.
It was a calm and relaxed year.
I retook control of myself and of whom I really are.
Apart from my truthful and real friends and my family, I socialized with very interesting and wise people on social media (blog and Instagram) and I can even say that I have new and fabulous virtual friends and Kimberly, Aimee and Emilie, are just a few names that are worth mention because they are, all of them, absolutely fabulous people and some of my virtual friends and food heroes!
This year, I got to really know people to whom I didn't give much attention in the past and I even changed my opinion - aka "preconceived" idea - about them and how fabulous people they are.
I also came to the conclusion that not everything that looks precious or true, turns out to be and this apply to people, places and all sorts of things that promise to be more than they really are.
The "All that glitters is not gold" well known old saying has never been so important in my life and that's the one I'm treasuring the most now that 2016 came to an end.
Saying that, I just hope for my 2017, if not better, to be as pleasant and good as 2016.
To all of you, I wish a VERY HAPPY 2017!
May all your dreams and wishes come true and may the World be a Peaceful and Better place to live, despite all the 2016 bizarre decisions.
As this is the last post of the year and just as I did last year, I'm leaving you a delicious cocktail to say goodbye to 2016 and to welcome 2017.
Last year, I left you with this delicious Sangria and this year I'm leaving you this fabulous Punch.
Donna Hay magazine is becoming a tradition for the last and first posts of the year and this year will be no exception as this cocktail is from a Donna Hay magazine.