The Year Is Drawing to a Close
We are now a mere week away from the new year. Lower case so as not to be confused with the "holiday" of New Year's Day. Strikes me funny at times that we celebrate the end of the year when the calendar itself was created by human beings, revised a number of times over the centuries and different cultures actually follow different calendars... so which is the REAL day the new year begins?
Should it matter?
I say no it shouldn't because why should we limit ourselves to resolutions, new beginnings, promises and hope for the future to one arbitrary point in time? Couldn't we be hopeful and determined to make our lives (and ourselves) better for more than one day? Or maybe two? Be honest how often do your resolutions last longer than that?
How about we attempt to do this, to have an attitude of hope all year long? Yes! Let's endeavor to do that.... let's decide to be positive and hopeful and determined to be better people every single day.
Adopt the ancient custom of writing down everything you wish to cast out of your life and burning that note... include on that list the short-sighted concept that resolutions, that positive attitudes and that determination to be better is only for New Year's Eve and throw that note and all those negative ideas into the flames!
If you do not have a wood stove or fireplace please check your local ordinances before burning something outside. The last thing you want to do is get arrested while trying to be a better person... would tend to start the year off on a sour note and that would be completely contradictory to what we are trying to accomplish here.
Now, I do have a wood stove. And I am going to write out everything I want to cast out: irritation, lack of patience, lack of motivation, etc. I am going to resolve to make every day a new resolution to be a better person.
Any one care to join me?
Should it matter?
I say no it shouldn't because why should we limit ourselves to resolutions, new beginnings, promises and hope for the future to one arbitrary point in time? Couldn't we be hopeful and determined to make our lives (and ourselves) better for more than one day? Or maybe two? Be honest how often do your resolutions last longer than that?
How about we attempt to do this, to have an attitude of hope all year long? Yes! Let's endeavor to do that.... let's decide to be positive and hopeful and determined to be better people every single day.
Adopt the ancient custom of writing down everything you wish to cast out of your life and burning that note... include on that list the short-sighted concept that resolutions, that positive attitudes and that determination to be better is only for New Year's Eve and throw that note and all those negative ideas into the flames!
If you do not have a wood stove or fireplace please check your local ordinances before burning something outside. The last thing you want to do is get arrested while trying to be a better person... would tend to start the year off on a sour note and that would be completely contradictory to what we are trying to accomplish here.
Now, I do have a wood stove. And I am going to write out everything I want to cast out: irritation, lack of patience, lack of motivation, etc. I am going to resolve to make every day a new resolution to be a better person.
Any one care to join me?
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