On the cusp of a new year and I am so struck and humbled by challenges and opportunties that the perfect words to express my current state elude me.  So with apologies to Nina Simone for a feeble attempt to capture her joyous ad libs, this song expresses my feelings exactly.

Happy New Year!  May we all continue feeling good in 2011!  Sing, Nina!

Birds flying high you know how I feel

Sun in the sky you know how I feel

Breeze driftin’ on by you know how I feel


It’s a new dawn

It’s a new day

It’s a new life

For me, yeah,

It’s a new dawn,

It’s a new day,

It’s a new life for me, woooohoooooooooooooooo

And I’m feeling good


Fish in the sea you know how I feel

River running free you know how I feel

Blossom on the tree you know how I feel

It’s a new dawn

It’s a new day

It’s a new life

For me,

And I’m feeling good


Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don’t you know

Butterflies all havin’ fun you know what I mean

Sleep in peace when day is done

That’s what I mean

And this old world is a new world

And a bold world

For me


Stars when you shine you know how I feel

Scent of the pine you know how I feel

Oh freedom is mine

And I know how I feel


It’s a new dawn

It’s a new day

It’s a new life

For me, dubbanomanelowbadayayayalawldubmaynya

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And I’m feeling good


R O C K   T H E  N E W  Y E A R!