New Beginnings
It's about that time again! Those diehards who still believe in the power of New Year's resolutions will sign another invisible contract with themselves to do better at something-or-other next year.
And those of us who have failed at enough of our resolutions of giving up candy and cussing to send us over the edge into New Year's resolution apathy will still hope for change...for something new...for something better to come from this coming year than what came from the last.
For anyone who has said something like, "I wish I could just...move. Just go somewhere where nobody knows me and...just...start over," but has no place or reason to move? I think New Year's is kind of their next best thing.
The celebration of the New Year's holiday has caught my curiousity these past few days. Why do we celebrate it? Is it the celebration of a new beginning? Or the chance for one?
If so, I wonder why? I wonder why we celebrate that.
Is it built in us to have that desire - you know, for new beginnings?...
What do you think?
posted by Pauline @ Thursday, December 29, 2005
6 comments
6 Comments:
Happy New Year! It's a lot of celebrating new beginnings, but really, I think that people are more excited about wrapping up the old year. Which is more exciting, when you think about it...one minute after midnight...or one minute till? It's the anticipation of the whole thing. The drama of change!
You looked that up, didn't you?
I don't know, Patrick. The excitement about wrapping up the old year?
If that's the case, why don't we call the day, "Old Year Over?"
Maybe we should. I could dedicate this blog to a petition to get the holiday's name changed, so we'd say, "Happy Old Year Over!" instead.
I wouldn't sign it, though. I'm always too excited about celebrating the New Year! ; )
You make me smile, Patrick.
: )..... : ), : ), : )!
OK..OK..you make a good point. But I still think it's more celebrating the change itself than where it's taking us or where it brought us from. People cover up the fear of change by having a big party on top of it. It's a great way to channel the energy into something positive. There's my psycho-babel for the year, thank you. Five cents, please. You make me smile, too, Pauline (even when I'm trying to be grumpy and analytical).
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