Inquiring minds want to know: What were the most amazing, profound, surprising, or even whacky things you’ve learned over the last year?

Here’s an entry from Anna Lenardson, of Anna’s Attic:

2007 was kinda the year of the blog for me. At first I thought “That sounds like way too much work” to go back over a whole year of posts, but then I did that very thing because I wanted to add a category to my writings so that I could find a certain set of them easily. And I realized how much I have learned from blogging and from actually recording my thoughts. So here’s what I learned from 2007.

Feb 2007 was my very first blogging month and it was all about conversations (which seems appropriate since blogging itself is a conversation). I learned to mean it when I say How Ya Doin? and to answer the question in a meaningful way as well.

In March I learned the importance of closure and that sometime you have to say good-bye to something you never had.

In April I learned the importance of asking the right question.

In May I was going through a hard time and decided to take a Sabbath day (a day off to rest and re-charge). I spent much of that day in the garden and here’s what I learned.

After a couple minor softball injuries in June, I learned to play like I mean it.

Sometime around July I began channeling poetry and I learned that I love to let poetry flow through my brain and onto the “paper” (sometimes it’s paper, I can do old school).

In August I contemplated the difference between having expectations and eagerly watching. And I realized that sometimes blessings come in unexpected packages.

September was a journey of self-discovery for me. And one of the things I discovered was the need to be present, pay attention. Another thing I realized was the need to slow down.

Have you ever bitten into something and been severely disappointed by the result? In October I learned that it isn’t a bagel because of its shape.

My post from November was actually written in my journal in October and posted in November. So even though I may be bending the rules you’ll want to go see what I learned from the tunnel (if only for the beautiful Sound-of-Music-esque photograph). [Editor's note: Rules? What rules? No worries, Anna!]

In December I lost my “voice” for a little while. I was in mourning and depressed and what I wrote didn’t ring true. And I only posted four times that month. But even so, it was hard to choose. But I think I’ve inflicted enough of my poetry on you, so go here and see what I learned about Emmanuel, God with us.

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So what’s it all about?

Friends, if you’ve written about it at your blog in 2007, then you’re invited to join us for this special edition of What I Learned From… Care to share with us your favorite/ best/ most controversial/ strangest, etc. posts? (You get to pick one from each month you’ve been blogging in 2007.)

Well, don’t just sit there like a bump on a pickle; click the link, check out the simple instructions, and jump right in! Get your entries in by Sunday night, January 13, and I’ll publish them all right here at Middle Zone Musings.