Topic Explanation
The forum topic is about embracing life with an ostomy and setting New Year's resolutions. The original poster shares their resolutions, including enjoying life, organizing themselves for college, and saving money. They also discuss their dating life and the challenges of being single with a stoma.

Advice and Insights
- Enjoy the school experience and new friends along the way.
- Take each day as it comes, and you will know when your true love will be the one.
- If someone doesn't want to know you because of your bag, they are not worthy of you.
- Relationships may come and go, but if they end because of your appliance, they weren't worth your effort anyway.
- Remind yourself that you deserve to be treated as you would treat anyone else in the same condition.
- It doesn't matter about the bag - if you're beautiful on the inside, then you're beautiful on the outside.
- Keep a positive attitude and best of luck with everything.