{"id":2501,"date":"2011-12-26T00:46:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T05:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2011-12-19T15:08:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T20:08:08","slug":"the-story-of-2011-what-did-you-learn-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2011\/12\/the-story-of-2011-what-did-you-learn-this-year.html","title":{"rendered":"The Story of 2011: What Did You Learn This Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The gifts are unwrapped. Family members are packing up and going home. Christmas is officially over. And now the last piece of the holiday season is coming into place: New Year\u2019s.<\/p>\n

I love this dark week of December. Chances are you\u2019re off of work or so few people are in the office that you have a lot of time to yourself to reflect. News programs are talking about their top stories. Everyone is putting out their \u201cBest of\u201d lists. Everyone is remembering 2011.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I was looking over old status updates on Facebook the other day. It\u2019s interesting reading all my thoughts over the course of a year in one sitting. It read like a novel that I would call Lost & Found<\/em>. I left a job, found a new one. Lost a few friends, gained a ton more. Suffered heartbreak that gave way to a new (far better) relationship. Seems like every time a good thing walked out the door, it passed something better on its way in. <\/p>\n

I felt the need to apologize for my bouts of pessimism. Turns out that 2011 was far kinder to me than I realized.<\/p>\n

Tell me your story. If 2011 was a novel of your life, what would the title be? As the hero in your tale, what did you learn this year about yourself?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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