Today is the first day of the new year. Like 29 other new years days that have passed, today I start with a fresh slate for the year...or can I?....why do I think today is different than any other day....after all "its a trip around the sun"...had the calendar begun yesterday or the day before....then that would have been the new year day...a friend of mine used to measure the new year from her birthday...after all summarizing what she mentioned, for her the trip around the sun started with the day she was born...so makes perfect sense....so what makes today more special than any other day....
in reality the answer is that today is like any other day...its all in my head whether i start with a clean slate...or not....whether i lead my life the way i have the year before or change course...maybe i need a reason...some marker to say...beyond this point in time...i am making a change to my life...maybe its the hope that a new year brings that the 365 days ahead are an improvement on the 365 days past( even if the days past were happy/joyous)...the real answer is that i have to start somewhere....right now is as good as any other time....so here it is...clean slate.....happy new year!
in reality the answer is that today is like any other day...its all in my head whether i start with a clean slate...or not....whether i lead my life the way i have the year before or change course...maybe i need a reason...some marker to say...beyond this point in time...i am making a change to my life...maybe its the hope that a new year brings that the 365 days ahead are an improvement on the 365 days past( even if the days past were happy/joyous)...the real answer is that i have to start somewhere....right now is as good as any other time....so here it is...clean slate.....happy new year!
