As we say goodbye to 2011 and look cautiously and optimistically into 2012 we have to wonder at what a remarkable journey the last 365 days have been.  While we have seen many natural and man-made disasters, we also witnessed a dramatic shift in global societies, the young generation of many countries have been on the move to make their voices heard so loud and clear that the chairs of many dictators crumbled.

Let us all welcome in a new year filled with pleasant surprises and promises of greater heights to conquer.

What will be the new discoveries, new inventions and new records broken in 2012? 

Maybe for this year we can set our resolutions where we can achieve our goals with less resources, conflicts and disagreements.

Leave a smaller foot-print and preserve our natural resources

Waste less, for what we don't use we don't have to recycle

Focus less on ourselves and see what we can do for others

Keep more sharks in the ocean and less in the soup! 

Respect our land, plants and all living creatures

Believe in people for what they can achieve when given an opportunity

The greatest thing about the future is that we can't predict it, but we can invent it by doing every day someting unique, something worthwhile and making Year 2012 something worth living for.