Everyone in some form or other greets a new year with refreshing hope, don't they? Whether they enjoyed the year before or are relieved to see it go, there's something about that opportunity to start over that keeps us (some of us) up late and looking forward to kicking off that first minute of a new year just how we choose to: a kiss, a dance, a song...
A blank slate. A fresh start.
A second chance.
We cherish these notions universally. We love them so much we anticipate celebrating them every 365 days. (364 for 2012, I guess!) "Starting January 1st, things will be different."
So I was thinking about new things, that "clean slate" mark we've declared every January 1st, and I wondered, who decided to measure every beginning every 365 days? Why can't the first of each month be a chance to start over?
The start of each week?
The dawn of every day?
Can't we look forward to EVERY TIME THE SUN RISES as a fresh start? How happy could we be knowing that midnight every night marks that precious moment to try again. Tomorrow will be different.
I liked that thought.
So I think that will be my among my 2012 resolutions--to treat every night like a "Happy New Day's Eve", to lie in bed filled with gratitude for a New Day, another blank slate.
Tomorrow anything can happen.
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