We find ourselves yet again at this crossroad. Is it truly a day for new beginnings, the catalyst for change, a turning in our destiny? Or is it just another day? What is it about we humans that causes us to seek reason for what we hold within our lives? Is it the search for something beyond ourselves, a larger consciousness perhaps, the need for signs of significance?
I long ago gave up making resolutions. I've watched as others dutifully make pledges of one thing or another at the turning of the tide of the new year. While the resolution seemed a good idea at the time, I witnessed all of them abandoned or broken, some within days or even hours of their making. I've been guilty of it myself. It doesn't speak much to the will or determination of the human spirit but rather the lack thereof. And why wait until January 1 to try yet again to seek improvement of our selves? If we fail, are we off the hook until the next year; we don't have to try again until then?
In more recent years, I've come to the conclusion that every day is a new beginning, another chance at achieving life's potential. I don't need a crystal ball dropping over Times Square to make me assess what I'm doing and where I'm going. There is no guarantee we will wake up tomorrow, next month, or even next year. The waiting would have been for naught. How much time do we waste in hesitating, wishing we had said those words, taken that action, gone somewhere, helped another?
This last year has given me a good deal to think on...about my life, how I've lived it, choices I made. Some good, some sad, many were compromises that made no one happy though I believed I was doing the right thing. There were many things I didn't wish to examine too closely which now I must. I wish I had been braver. But then, it's a waste of time to wish on what might have been. It cannot be changed but we can move forward.
Every day takes determination, not just at the start of a new year. Secretly, subconsciously, or perhaps more openly, we all know what we want. How many of us have the strength of will to make it happen? I don't want to waste any more time not taking chances.
I long ago gave up making resolutions. I've watched as others dutifully make pledges of one thing or another at the turning of the tide of the new year. While the resolution seemed a good idea at the time, I witnessed all of them abandoned or broken, some within days or even hours of their making. I've been guilty of it myself. It doesn't speak much to the will or determination of the human spirit but rather the lack thereof. And why wait until January 1 to try yet again to seek improvement of our selves? If we fail, are we off the hook until the next year; we don't have to try again until then?
In more recent years, I've come to the conclusion that every day is a new beginning, another chance at achieving life's potential. I don't need a crystal ball dropping over Times Square to make me assess what I'm doing and where I'm going. There is no guarantee we will wake up tomorrow, next month, or even next year. The waiting would have been for naught. How much time do we waste in hesitating, wishing we had said those words, taken that action, gone somewhere, helped another?
This last year has given me a good deal to think on...about my life, how I've lived it, choices I made. Some good, some sad, many were compromises that made no one happy though I believed I was doing the right thing. There were many things I didn't wish to examine too closely which now I must. I wish I had been braver. But then, it's a waste of time to wish on what might have been. It cannot be changed but we can move forward.
Every day takes determination, not just at the start of a new year. Secretly, subconsciously, or perhaps more openly, we all know what we want. How many of us have the strength of will to make it happen? I don't want to waste any more time not taking chances.
Though I believe in a divine plan, I also believe God gives us the reins to take as we choose within the course of the master scheme. Free will. The struggle between the polarity of positive action and negative. "Good and evil" are too simplistic; black and white, no shades of grey.
At the turning of this new year, I am hopeful good things await. I'll start each new day in optimism, mindful of goals I have set. I'll trust God that he is leading me where I need to be. And I know every day is the start of a brand new year.
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