Sorry Friends, have been busy - but with the new year around the corner, could not stop thinking on these lines J
It’s that time of the year when you will read / talk / hear about New Year Resolutions.
New beginnings, new hopes plans and desires.
What really happens when the calendar turns a year older?
It gives us the opportunity to look back at a year full of events, our deeds and the results it has yielded. It gives us a comparison point so that we can gauge how far have we come since the last year same time. How much knowledge or experience have we gained? How much of success did we taste? What did we gain or what did we lose versus the last year?
It gives us the opportunity to take a look at how we can do things differently in the coming year.
Another opportunity to criticize ourselves and everyone else who did not behave the way we had originally expected. It gives that supposed zeal and enthusiasm to let go of all our emotional baggage and start afresh. And we march ahead with a renewed vigor to conquer the world.
What’s really funny about this act is that in a country like ours, we have these opportunities every few months based on the various regional calendars. And I catch myself wishing everyone a Happy New Year and a great year ahead praying for their wishes to be fulfilled every now and then.
Add to that the birthdays, financial years and the schooling years, yet another occasion where we steal this opportunity to conquer the world.
But come to think of it, this opportunity is given to us every day with the rising sun.
Rather every hour, every minute and every second. You can always choose to let go of your fear, emotional baggage and bad experience and start afresh any minute/moment.
So this theory actually brings us to the conclusion that we humans are basically procrastinators.
We look for excuses or dates to keep pushing things that we should be doing all the time.
By the way, do let me know what’s your New Year resolution?
Wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year! J
