It’s Like Open Mic Only Different
Here’s how it works.
It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.
The rules are simple — be nice.
There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.
What Is Your Wish, Your Will for the Year to Come?
Leave a wish, a word, a thought.
Leave a hope, a goal, a want.
Leave a message for a friend or the world.
Set it here for us all to remember.
Leave one or one hundred.
Happy New Year!
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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I’d like to help get people off their butts(Myself included)and taking action on their goals and dreams and passions.We should name 2009 as the Year for Serially Addicted Procrastinators.
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“Don’t go to your Grave with Your Music still Inside You”
Robin
1. I wish that SOBCon 09 is fabulous beyond my wildest dreams (which are already pretty dang good).
2. I wish that I like flying to SOBCon 09 (not typically one of my favorite pastimes).
3. I wish that the clients I work for this year are good, fun, excited, motivated, thoughtful, energized, open-minded and passionate.
4. I wish that the work that I do for them feels amazing, lights the world, flows as easy as butter on popcorn from my mind to my fingers to my Macbook.
5. I wish that Blackberry would call and say they fixed the Storm and they’re sending me a new, perfect one that works – right away.
6. I wish that my baby boy’s eczema goes away completely and immediately.
7. I wish for a never ending supply of really, really dark, organic, fair-trade chocolate.
8. I wish for at least one hilariously funny thing every day.
9. World peace wouldn’t be so bad either.
Give something away every day to a stranger – even if all you have to give is a smile.
Okey Dokey Liz,
So for 2009 I am all for World Peace or at the very least Peace in my world!
As to other more probable would be everyone’s good/great health!
How cool would it be if at the very least our children did not have to ever fret about disease or addictions?
Happiness is a hand full of memories we draw on in our “ole” age! Yes that is mine!
So neat idea, hope it works well for you and pop on over when time permits.
Hugs to you and yours for the upcoming New Year!
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I wish that people experience a full life outside of the comparments they have built!
Hey Liz,
Does this means we’re starting NOW?
If so, I wish everyone the best in the coming New Year.
If not, I still wish everyone the best in the coming New Year. 😉
My wish for 2009 for everyone is prosperity. That will mean different things to different people, of course.
For me, it means having my family’s needs met and having the resources to be able to help others. What does prosperity mean to you?
AmyL — good definition of prosperity. I think that’s a good way to think about it.
I hope that everyone can make stronger connections and build community both online and with their physical neighbors…
My goals and motto for 2009…
Service, collaboration, empowerment
Simple … for a financial miracle that will let us keep the house … and right now? It’s not looking good at ALL. (Hence the word “miracle.”)
I’m wishing for stronger communication, and a gathered tribe. I’m feeling isolated right now – and i know i can fix that with better communication.
I wish everyone’s wishes come true, it would be a better world.
I Especially Wish that -Deb’s wish comes True. Nobody should have to go through the anguish of losing a house.
@Joe–thanks, Joe. Especially when you consider we’ve lived here since I was 9. We moved in the week after my birthday in 1975. Sigh. Financial Miracles would be GOOD!
Hi, Liz and friends –
I wish for bridges across divides large and small.
My wishes — to attend some great conferences, to increase income so that I can give away more to favorite causes, make some amazing art.
Mostly I do goals though, more than wishes. Write down the goals, write down the first steps to goals, do them. Works.
I wish for a passionate, serendipitous year full of great stories.
Liz,
I wish you joy.
I wish us all peace.
I wish to dream big.
Have a Happy New Year!
Regards,
Kelly
This New Year let us all make this world a better place .
2009 – Heck Yeah !
Praise God .
Regards .
Jason Theodore Levine .
http://www.theodore.0fees.net/
Jason Theodore Levine .
1. I hope for a continued healthy pregnancy, and my baby girl to be born healthy in April.
2. I hope to develop the confidence to take more risks in my writing
3. I hope to improve my EQ and not let the actions and moods of others have such an affect on my mood
and I hope we all have a happy, healthy, and prosperous year in 2009
I wish everyone’s wishes come true. 🙂
Hello everyone, typing here from my parent’s place in Michigan.
Wishing everyone an amazing sense of peace and fulfillment for 2009.
-Deb, I’m sending good wishes your way in hopes that you can turn the financial situation around and save your house.
I can’t leave without a poem
But tonight’s not over until tomorrow
A full two days will this go on
Wishes can come true without much sorrow
But I must bid you all a fond adeau
Til the morning does dawn tomorrow
Best Wishes for the New Year
I will be back early on the morrow.
Nite Liz
Nite All
(yes, no Burma Shave til the end of OCN)
Oh look — my Joe poem wish has been granted. 🙂
It may be a tough year but with resiliency and humor, we will all be able to enjoy it!
I wish for Freedom … Freedom from the word “Should”.
I want to make my choices and decisions based on what is best for ME rather than making them based on what I think other people want.
Happy New Year!
My wish is that this next year allows me to walk away from my corporate job to become a full-time entrepreneur. While traditional business is the primary focus, blogging success allows this to become a reality even quicker!
Me?
I wish for..
1) my wife, @innej, to find the happiness she so deserves.
2) good health and success to all my friends and family
3) good health and success to all who are reading this
My motto for 2009 – never give up!
Take care everyone!
I wish that all of my friends will find that 2009 was the best of years – despite the gloomy forecasts – and that we increased our knowledge, love, understanding and caring for and of each other.
And I wish that Deb’s wish above (a financial miracle for her house) comes true. Because that’s more important than any monetary wish I have.
After that? I wish to find some way to get my happy butt to SOBCon this year.
Thanks Liz…
…be kind…when you pass someone on the street say hello…and if someone passes you on the street and says hello…please return the kindness…a much better world it would be if we all just took the time to be kinder in our daily activities…cheers !
I wish for a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year for one and all. 🙂
My goal for 2009 is to practice the saying on the mug which used to sit on my desk that said, “What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?”
I wish good health to everyone. Having seen my husband suffer a stroke in 2008 made me aware that good health should not be taken for granted, and when it’s gone, not all the money in the world can buy it back.
I hope that Deb and all those facing a housing crisis will find a way to save their home. Hoping there is a rebound in the economy, more jobs and assistance for those in need.
And I want to thank Liz for being such a wonderful, supportive friend.
May peace and joy bless all of your lives. Happy New Year!
Wishing that everyone has a better 2009 than they had in 2008.
Hoping that the economy gets better so that small businesses will be willing to look at the need to having a Technology Manager on their side.
My wish for 2009 is more positive and less negative.
I wish every person who blows out the candles on their Birthday cake this year does so with a “childs” belief that wishes do come true.
We are never too old to celebrate Life, and it’s the one thing we ALL HAVE IN COMMON, regardless of race, money, religion or politics.
Happy New Year Everybody!
And I hope your Birthday is the best ever!
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My wish for 2009 is more long nights with old friends. Even if it means many hours in plane for just a few days with them.
to be fully present in all that I do.
especially with my Toddler Tornado in all that she does.
Dear Liz
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Been going through ever since I found it,
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Luv .
Jason Theodore Levine .
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Jason Theodore Levine .
Great Blog .
I wish that my wish will come true, my dream will come true