I wish everyone of my readers a Happy New Year with all the blessings and trimmings! I know there are some folks that operate under a different calendar, so if it is not your New Year yet, this is just an advance wish that you have a good and prosperous one.
The fascinating thing about "New Year's Day" seems to be that we, you and I, are starting out the new year with a "clean slate." It is the idea that somehow tearing off the old calendar page, or throwing away the expended calendar, symbolizes that all a person's old and lingering problems are cast aside, and that person is free to push on into the new year with no "excess baggage" from the year just gone by.
One aspect of the "new beginning" is that a person who has failed at his or her New Year's Resolutions for 2012 can now start fresh with those same resolutions, or with new ones, and have at least a slim chance of fulfilling those resolutions in 2013. Of course I eliminated this aspect of New Year's Day years ago when I quit making New Year's resolutions. I know, I know...that is an old one. Sort of like, "Hey Dad! I only have ONE cavity!" Dad says, "That's great, Son, since you only have ONE TOOTH!" (Budda Bing!!)
Okay, enough with the dumb jokes. I wish all of us a Happy New Year. I wish all of us the strength to fulfill our resolutions, especially the positive and transforming resolutions, the changes we might really need to make. But above that, I wish for all of us the ability to see the good things and the blessings as the new year marches forward. To me, one of the things that makes this such a Happy New Year is that there WAS a new year, Mayan Calendar not withstanding. Come on, you can tell me. Weren't you just a little...just a little...nervous about the approach of 12/21/12? Wasn't there just a pinch of curiosity or anxiety as you waited for sunrise that morning? That's okay, class, you don't have to raise your hand. We know...
So 2013 arrived as it was supposed to, and you are reading this blog post. I am happy for the New Year, and happy to have you. If I were to make a resolution (which I did not) it would be that I add a new post every day. So many things are going on in the world today that there is no shortage of blogger fodder. For instance, the unlikely defeat of the LSU Tigers by those other Tigers is serving as a major jumping off point for many sports bloggers. Others may be blogging about new recipes for those New Year's day feast leftovers. In any case, even though the year is only two days old now, there is plenty to blog about. So my unmade (therefore unofficial) resolution is that I will write at least one blog post per day. Don't worry, my friends, I do not expect (though I would definitely like) you to resolve to read my blogs everyday. But it would be nice of you!
Have a Happy New Year, and may God bless us, every one.
The fascinating thing about "New Year's Day" seems to be that we, you and I, are starting out the new year with a "clean slate." It is the idea that somehow tearing off the old calendar page, or throwing away the expended calendar, symbolizes that all a person's old and lingering problems are cast aside, and that person is free to push on into the new year with no "excess baggage" from the year just gone by.
One aspect of the "new beginning" is that a person who has failed at his or her New Year's Resolutions for 2012 can now start fresh with those same resolutions, or with new ones, and have at least a slim chance of fulfilling those resolutions in 2013. Of course I eliminated this aspect of New Year's Day years ago when I quit making New Year's resolutions. I know, I know...that is an old one. Sort of like, "Hey Dad! I only have ONE cavity!" Dad says, "That's great, Son, since you only have ONE TOOTH!" (Budda Bing!!)
Okay, enough with the dumb jokes. I wish all of us a Happy New Year. I wish all of us the strength to fulfill our resolutions, especially the positive and transforming resolutions, the changes we might really need to make. But above that, I wish for all of us the ability to see the good things and the blessings as the new year marches forward. To me, one of the things that makes this such a Happy New Year is that there WAS a new year, Mayan Calendar not withstanding. Come on, you can tell me. Weren't you just a little...just a little...nervous about the approach of 12/21/12? Wasn't there just a pinch of curiosity or anxiety as you waited for sunrise that morning? That's okay, class, you don't have to raise your hand. We know...
So 2013 arrived as it was supposed to, and you are reading this blog post. I am happy for the New Year, and happy to have you. If I were to make a resolution (which I did not) it would be that I add a new post every day. So many things are going on in the world today that there is no shortage of blogger fodder. For instance, the unlikely defeat of the LSU Tigers by those other Tigers is serving as a major jumping off point for many sports bloggers. Others may be blogging about new recipes for those New Year's day feast leftovers. In any case, even though the year is only two days old now, there is plenty to blog about. So my unmade (therefore unofficial) resolution is that I will write at least one blog post per day. Don't worry, my friends, I do not expect (though I would definitely like) you to resolve to read my blogs everyday. But it would be nice of you!
Have a Happy New Year, and may God bless us, every one.
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