Happy New Year!
Sigh, what's to say? Another year has gone by... okay.. and? I mean really, does anyone out there really think that THIS year is going to be much different than the year before, and the one before that? Let's face it, New Year's Eve is only a reason to go out, get stupid, and promise ourselves that we won't do that again next year.. but we will. These days, I'm catching my ZZZ's LONG before midnight anyway, and though every year I go to bed on New Year's Eve wondering what changes will have occurred as a result of the new year.. every year I wake up and nothing has changed.
Now, I know there are some of my dear readers out there that have enrolled in the "but it's what you make of it" school of life, and far be it for me to take anything away from that. You're free to engage how ever you wish to engage. I take a rather cognitive approach.. one that involves figuring out the meaning of life as it applies to me -- of course, it's possible the meaning of life doesn't apply to me -- maybe that's not for me to figure out at all... who knows? But that's the point...
I know that come January 1st, I will be back to the grind of 45 - 60 hour work weeks, in an environment that is largely unappreciative of the concept of a "work ethic" and of individualism. I'll be back to consuming the same number of cigarettes I smoked last year, and while it would be nice to quit, I'd like the insurance companies to help me pay for it. I'll be wondering where I should be and why and figuring out if a change is self-imminent or if it will be thrust upon me like H1N1, hunting me down when I'm most vulnerable.
Let's face it.. we give the "New Year's Resolution" .... um.. thing, too much credit. Actually, we give ourselves too much credit. We repeatedly "wish for / think of / dream of / resolve to" all these things that we either have no intention of achieving, or we attempt to resolve to do things we simply cannot possibly obtain. Personally, I gave up on the "world peace" thing years ago. I guess that's the magic of a New Year's resolution, "Here's a list of all the things that I can't possibly do and wouldn't do even if I could."
SO.. that having been said.. during the course of writing this post, I have conjured up a list of my New Year's Resolutions for 2010. All of which are attainable, doable, and entirely within the scope of my capacity. I should mention here that ALL of the following items are within reach of everyone reading this post.. as such, I encourage you to consider them:
1. Learn to respect the differences between myself and other people
2. Go out of my way once a month to do ONE thing, that REALLY helps another person
3. Teach someone something as often as I can
4. Learn from those around me as often as I can
5. Tell someone I love them a little more often (and mean it)
6. Sing once a week (even if its in my head)
7. Laugh every so often and make someone else do the same
I appreciate your frequenting my little slice of the earth here on my blog. I wish you all a happy, healthy, safe New Year!!
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