I wonder if most people realize that as each old year passes and we enter a new one that we are generally just grateful the old year is over and hope the new year will be better. And it rarely is really any different.
Don't get me started about time being an artificial construct and humans are the only ones who go to such great lengths to measure it, constrain it, hold onto it and usually just waste it. And what really makes a new year any different from the last is how we approach it. Nothing magically changes from one year to the next other than we age.
I've struggled my whole life to be a more positive person. But I've also struggled with what I view as cheerleader optimism. Inspirational sayings alone don't inspire. You really have to want to be motivated to be motivated.
I also find it ironic that we transition form the "magic of Christmas" into an intense ritual of ushering out the old new in hopes the new one will somehow be better. And again, it won't unless we do something differently. I'm not talking about resolutions, either. I've never believed in them. Sales people at athletic clubs around the country celebrate the new year for the increase gym memberships that are rarely used. Because it takes persistence and hard work to actually change.
That was a borderline inspirational saying.
Long, lugubrious howl.
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