I'm not sure the gloom over 2010 expressed here is largely personal, financial, political, a little of each...who knows...
For me as I reflect, 2010 was a year where I lost several people very dear to me. People that died way too soon. Then, just when I'm thinking what kind of a miserable SOB God is to take these people from my life, I'm blessed with other people entering my life: new family members, new relationships.
I've also realized, as I get older (& yes I know some of you have gym shorts older than me
), you find some special relationships in some of the most unexpected of places & the key to it is being open to them.