It’s that
time of the year again, December is here and that means Christmas trees lit up and
cold bites in the air, sugary foods and Christmas carols everywhere! But along
with this it’s also time for the New Year. It’s time to let go of the past
ghosts and welcome the future with open arms and revived hope. It’s time to say
goodbye to mistakes and welcome changes. But most of all, it’s time for the
New Year’s Resolutions.
The
tradition of New Year’s Resolutions owes its origin to the ancient Babylonian
civilisation. The ancient Babylonians made promises to
their gods at the start of each year that they would return borrowed objects
and pay their debts. This trend became globally adopted and these promises got
termed as New Year’s Resolutions; the promises went from being promises to God
to becoming promises to God and ourselves. But today, New Year’s Resolutions
last only as long as the month of January and during the month of December. The
remaining year is passed away without even considering your New Year
Resolutions!
So yes, December brings with
it the time to rummage through everything we have, hunting for that one sheet
of paper with all our unfulfilled promises for the year. Your new resolution
maybe to find your dream job, lose weight or learn a new language. Basically
the New Year’s Resolution is just an expression of something we wish to do,
something we wish to achieve and indirectly an expression of the change we wish
to see within ourselves. But with every passing day, we change and as we
change, so do our wishes and ambitions. Yet we must try to keep as many of our New
Year’s Resolutions as possible as it helps us to achieve our goals and become
the person we see, while making modifications in the resolutions based on
changes in us on a daily basis.
I’ve got my sheet out and
I’m looking at it to realise that I’ve barely completed any of my previous New
Year’s Resolutions. So yes, I’m working on that but in addition, I’m trying to
pick my New Year’s Resolutions for 2014-2015! Putting down New Year’s
Resolutions on paper is easy but actuating those New Year’s Resolutions, that’s
the real challenge.
This December, I’m ready for
the challenge, are you?
