Last year when we felt uncertain has passed. Once again it is time to fill in a new planner. Seeing blank white pages, you might be excited about filling in your diary. When doing this, we need to have a positive mind. In this spirit, I'd like to quote one of Friedrich Nietzsche's sayings. "No, life had not disappointed me: On the contrary, I find it truer, more desirable and mysterious every year ever since the day when the great liberator came to me : the idea that life could be an experiment of the seeker for knowledge and not a duty, not a calamity, not trickery." When you feel that life is bleak and pessimistic, don't be depressed. Try to look on the bright side. I wish you find something truer, more desirable and mysterious in 2011!
diana@cnu.ac.kr