Inspirational New Years Quotes

That was nice.  Want to wish everyone a great new year while it's still 1-1-11 and add a couple poems that relate what I wish to convey:

Today, like every other day, we wake up empty

and fightened.  Don't open the door to the study

and begin reading.  Take down the dulcimer.

Let the beauty we love be what we do.

There are hundreds of ways to kiss the ground.  -Rumi

Isn't it strange that princes and kings

And clowns that cape in sawdust rings--

And common folk, like you and me

Are builders for eternity?

Each is given a bag of tools

A shapeless mass, and a book of rules;

And each must fashion, ere life has flown,

A stumbling block, or a stepping stone!   -Anonymous

I look forward to sharing in this wondrous new year with you all,

Francis