Nothing Changes On New Year's Day

It's New Year's Eve eve as I'm writing this blog post.  Earlier today I listened to the wisdom of U2's Bono as he sung "nothing changes on New Year's Day" (song: New Year's Day; album: The Unforgettable Fire) and I thought about the depth of wisdom contained in that phrase.  So many promises are made and hopes are given birth at this time of year... only to be tossed aside and forgotten like Thanksgiving left overs.  It's fun and empowering to hope and dream, to plan and believe that things are going to get better in the new year.  But the reality is that nothing changes on New Year's Day.

There's no magic in the new year that didn't already exist in the old year!  The power to change is in us already, but overcoming the inertia of our current life circumstances is the difficult part.  I hope this new year you and I both will resolve to do and be better than we were.  I hope that our dreams are big enough to inspire us, and that our plans are detailed enough to get us there.  If you don't already have a list of things you want to change, then in my next blog I'll suggest some things (thanks to Dr. William Glasser, MD) called the Seven Caring Habits.

Until then, there's also a song by singer Carolyn Arends titled "New Year's Day".  I heard this song performed by a friend's alt-rock band in the mid 1990's and it has stuck with me ever since.  In this song, Carolyn tells us how she won't give up trying to do better as she sings, "This will be my resolution / Every day is New Year's Day".  Until next time in the blogosphere friends, remember...

"You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need." - Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones