525,600 minutes

How do you measure, measure a year?
-- Seasons of Love, Rent the musical

It's amazing to think about the past 364 days, tucked away in our hearts no matter how these days were spent. My calendar was marked by birthdays, anniversaries, deaths, deadlines, reminders, vacations, dark and desperate journal entries, meetings, reunions... Somehow it saddens me that there were precious minutes missed because I had been too lazy or scared or bitter but it also warms my heart because the moments I allowed myself to love, be loved, cry, ask, pray, laugh, breathe, had been greater than the moments I wasted.

It's been a tough yet greatly blessed year.

May we all continue living in grace, love and peace. I offer a special prayer for those who are in pain especially those who were hit by the recent disaster in Asia, the survivors of the recent typhoons, for Tatay and Nanay, for Bunny's Papa and Lola, for my and Kulas' families, my friends, and my heart--to always be welcome to joy and pain, for complete healing...

A Blessed New Year to all of us.

Seasons Of Love Lyrics
525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear.
525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee.
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.
In 525,600 minutes - how do you measure a year in the life?
How about love? How about love? How about love?
Measure in love. Seasons of love.

525,600 minutes! 525,000 journeys to plan.
525,600 minutes - how can you measure the life of a woman or man?

In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried.
In bridges he burned, or the way that she died.
It's time now to sing out, tho the story never ends let's celebrate
remember a year in the life of friends.
Rememberthe love! Remember the love! Remember the love!
Measure in love. Seasons of love! Seasons of love.