It is a little late in the day to be welcoming 2014 but anyway I started a tradition last year and I need to keep at it....
I have never been one to make a lot of New Year resolutions, though last year I did try and make one! And no - I did not achieve what I wanted to and hence this year I have decided to revert to norm.
Actually, it is quite illuminating to read the resolutions that people make at the start of the year - every celebrity expounds on how they will try and change their life and the world for better during the coming year. I feel that all such annual resolutions are doomed to fail.
A resolution does not require that it be made at the start of a calendar year - it is a resolution after all and should be made whenever one desires to change an aspect of one's life. It is a 'bit' like celebrating Mothers Day and Fathers Day. What the heck is that? One remembers, loves, respects and celebrates their parents every day - for life!
So you can gather from the above that I have made no resolutions for this year. I know that it will be one more year of change, one more year of learning and I just hope that it is a smooth one. Sometimes the years that pass us by with nothing major to remember them by, are probably the best! I have had a few such years in the past, which dissipated with hardly a trace and just a few wispy memories to get nostalgic over. And all that they left me with, was a year older - and very often not much wiser.
I am sure a lot of people are picking up the pieces of their life having resolved to lose weight or gain a new skill or get a job or leave a bad relationship or whatever. I wish them success and the very best of luck. I am equally sure that by now most of the same resolutions made at the end of 2013, in a burst of beverage induced bravado, are already dissipating like the short winters in the Middle East.
Just as the end of a year often brings on a reflective mood to look back, a new year is a great time to get hopeful of the future - to look forward and ahead, to better times. I just hope to live in good health, without fear - to take a few chances without inundating myself with negativity.
It is already looking like a year of travel - but that is now common enough to not warrant a mention. The world 'has' become a smaller place, which means that staying connected with close ones is easier.
I also sincerely hope that I can with my writings maintain the interest of all who venture here, as well as provide them with avenues for introspection and reflection.
