The Significance of Every New Day and Every New Year

What’s the Significance of the News Year Anyways?

Do you sit down on New Years Eve and make resolutions for the coming year, using it as a mechanism to enact solutions to the problems of the previous year(s)? In reality, most people see January 1^st as an opportunity to find ways of chainging themselves and/or their lives, consequently embracing the New Year as a time to make some long-desired improvements, or accomplish new goals. But this New Years Eve, I find myself asking if there is really anything inherently different about the coming New Year, which would make it a perfect time to effect changes and set new goals- as opposed to doing so at any other time of the year.

Personally, I don’t believe there is anything which sets January 1^st apart from June 27^th, February 9^th, or any other day. Likewise, to think that ‘this New Year’ will magically bring you some sort of good or bad luck is likewise fallacious thinking. When you think about it, the human tracking of time is just an idea. Also, Time isn’t some Magical Force of Mystery which brings you either Gifts of Gold or Curses of Coal- that being dependent upon the year, of course. If no one ever told you it was the 'New Year,’ how would you ever know, and how could it have any significance for you? The truth is, neither would be such.

So what’s the deal here- am I trying to break your holiday spirit, or what? No actually, quite the opposite. I just want to point out a ‘heinous crime’ which far too many of us are guilty of (and believe me, I fit into this category as well; claiming otherwise would be a case of the pot calling the kettle black). The ‘heinous crime’ in question is not honoring every day of our lives as both an opportunity to move mountains, and not enjoying them as holidays.

Somehow, far too many (nearly all in actuality) of us have gotten the idea that “normal days” aren’t “special days.” We muddle through our “normal days”, considering them hard, full of struggle, boring, etc. Then to make up for all the effort we put into muddling through times we didn’t enjoy, we create “special days;” or holidays. On “special days,” most people just over eat, over drink, and act goofy, and/or lounge around- calling that sort of behavior “fun.”

Well the truth is, you can choose to make each day of your life a holiday- or you can choose not to. Think of your Quality of Life as the dependent variable- that which is affected by the things in it. And think of the Things in Your Life as your independent variables- those things which affect the dependent variable or what the dependent variable is dependent upon. So what are the Things in Your Life which are negatively affecting your Quality of Life right now- a job you hate; a personality everyone else hates; no idea of who you want to be or do…? Figure that out, and then find ways of altering or bereaving yourself of those variables (or problems, you could say)!

You can find as many reasons why you can’t do what you would like to, as you can find reasons why you can. If you want your existence to be an expression of life, love, and happiness- then find reasons why you can- and you will make your dreams come true.

The truth is, New Year is not here to make your life better or worse. You are the only one who can- by your actions- take the power to make your life better. It's your life; your choices, your actions, your perspective, etc. Odds are, if your life is akin to a sow's ear, you won't be able to turn it into a silk purse overnight. But with good spirit and faith, intelligence and perseverance, as well as consciousness and intuition; you will not only make your dreams come true, but have a wonderful time doing so as well!

May you conspire solutions today and everyday afterwards, in order that you can create the best New Year for yourself and your loved ones yet;)