On a New Year –2012.
People always make promises and resolutions, especially throughout the month of December. January 1st marks a new year, literally, if you’re following time based on the constructs humans have created for themselves to feel more accomplished, more balanced, more scheduled and regimented. You can count on the numbers of the day to change… 1, 2, 3. You can count on a new year to roll around time and again. You can also count on that “magic” in the air during the holidays and right before January 1st –that heightened awareness and hope that you can make a grand change. You can love more –your family and friends, your body, mind and soul. It’s truly magical, that is, if you choose to buy into it for that short while. If you’re one of the others, like me, and you’re a skeptic to the bone… you might feel like everyone has been brainwashed for a few weeks and by January 1st are incredibly thankful to have shaken the crazies. By February, most people fall back into old habits. But maybe not you, not this year.
The fact of the matter is that every day you wake up, you’re granted a chance for that grand change. There’s hope for the future simply because your eyes opened again and you’re breathing. The best resolution you can give yourself is to live every day like it’s a “new year.” Own the mentality of counting on yourself, rather than a new year. Spread the love, be aware of yourself and the people around you and discover new things. And fuck losing 10 pounds. Get enlightened, people. That’s my resolution.
The only thing I think New Years is good for, is reflection. We should all take advantage of that. Where were you a year ago? I was on the East Coast in a terrible snow storm, exploring new cities and making new friends. Discovering snow, really, for the very first time in my life. (I can’t handle it, by the way). And that was all before I took a giant leap to spend a few months in a foreign country by myself. Because I could. What happened in 2011? For me, the first 6 months were amazing and life changing in a positive way, but the end of the year introduced a kind of sadness in my life that I had yet to experience. The pain is heavy and something I will carry for the rest of my life, but I look forward to the enlightenment of 2012, which is really all I can do.
If you take anything away from this silly little blog post… it’s to reflect. Reflect on the good and the bad. Reflect on the tears. Remember your happiness and your pain and move forward. Some of us had harder years than others. Remember that too. Tomorrow really is a new year, but every day of 2012 holds that potential.