Many people say the words happy new year, but while they launch those fireworks during the night, they only embrace happiness for a short time, and then go back to being depressed the next day. The truth is, the new year is just a day, another day, as the years role on. And yes it does seem as the years fly faster the older we get, its the way our internal clocks align with the universe.

The truth is, the year is what you make of it, and this is an individual journey for everyone. If you want your new year to be a happy one, you have to make it a happy one. You decide that you are going to be happy, and then you are happy, because you do things you enjoy doing, and you become content with what you have.

So what makes the year a happy new year? Thats right, you do. I have faith in you, happiness is just around the corner. :)

2015 was horrible. I lost 4 people I cared about in 4 months. There were many mornings I woke up disappointed I was still living. And while a new year will not change the fact that so many of my loved ones are gone, I have promised myself that this year Iwill try to find my reason to be . I don't know your story or why you find living frustrating. Maybe you could look for a reason to be, as well. Maybe a lot of us could.

"Maybe a lot of us could". Well said Diane, and I am sorry for all the pain you have been through. :-(

2015 was a year where I had told myself things would be better, but it started off with me losing one of my oldest and closest friendships, and got worse with more friendships being lost as the year went on. Not to mention that every relationship I tried to start failed and the loneliness devastated me. Depression got worse, I lost motivation, confidence, and hope. Now a new year has started and I can only hope for it to be better for all of us.

2015 was another hard year for me too although there were some blessings along the way. My son beat cancer which was a wonderous miracle. The years seem to all blur together for me so it's hard to even remember what happened when.

cleung I don't know all the specifics about what you're dealing with, so I am hoping you will continue to post and let us support you while you're going through this hard time. And I undestand how hard it is when you don't even know why you're stil here. I know for me I keep going for my son but then there are days when that doesn't seem to be enough of a reason. Still I am going to keep going no matter what. I promised myself that much. And for you I hope you can find a sense of purpose and meaning for yourself so that it can get easier to keep going

2015 was bad, 2014 was bad, 2013 was bad, and so on.Do you see the pattern here? That's why I never look forward to a New Year. Nothing ever changes. I never make resolutions either for that matter because I can never stick with them.

2015's good outweighed the bad for me. However, the past few days have been topsy turvy for me. Today I lost it when my Smartphone wouldn't switch on to recharge. (I forgot to take the charger with me to Gran's)

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH, SWEETIE....................
2016 IS A NEW YEAR.
IT WILL B BETTER
GBU DRENA B
;-O

Irts what cards you draw. That's all.

I'm sorry you're going through a hard time right now. But I completly understand how you're feeling. I often wake up in the morning wondering why I woke up. I hope 2016 is a good year for you and everyone else as well. As for me, 2015, 2014, 2013, and so on were all bad years. So I doubt that 2016 will be a good year for me. But we'll see. I never understood why people celebrate the new year, to me, it's just another day. Oh well. I hope you feel better, and have your best year yet.

we have good years and bad years, good decades and bad decades. If we push through the bad we get to enjoy the good.

I feel like 2016 is going to be good, but the years from 2007 - 2013 were shocking.

Don't count them. Don't look at an overview. Live in the moment. Live today. If you do all you need to do today, tomorrow will take care of itself.

I like the coming year....I did have a fair year last year....things were ok...and the year before too....some issues exist and some issues have been resolved....so now onward and upward....make the greatest of what is available I say! Hugs