We all look forward to the ball drop on New Year's Eve. Believe me, I am not downing the excitement and anticipation that comes as the clock slowly counts down the final moments of the year to welcome a new slate. Many people plan parties centered around seeing the old year end and starting the new one with fun and friends. Those are great things.
Many times, people make plans about what the new year will bring. In the new year, I will be better, nicer, richer. The list can go on for miles and it seems that we sometimes forget that simply because the clock strikes midnight and a fresh new year begins, we are not magically new people. We still have to deal with the same things that we have dealt with before as far as becoming better people.
We do not instantly become everything we dreamed we would be when the new year arrives. Those five, ten, fifty, or more pounds do not magically drop away. That diploma does not suddenly appear on the wall. The paycheck from the new job does not deposit itself into your account. For every thing that we hope to be in the new year, it takes work. Nothing will magically happen. What will happen and what will lead to lasting satisfaction and self-appreciation is taking each day of the new year as an opportunity to pursue those things we want to accomplish.
The new year does not bring resolve that lasts all year but it does bring the chance to appreciate the opportunity each new day provides for us to work hard to achieve those goals, not empty resolutions that we lay aside two or three weeks into the year.
New year, new you? It's not a guarantee but it is an opportunity. Let's seize that opportunity to make every day an adventure in growing better and wiser physically, spiritually, naturally in every area of our lives.
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