It is my intention to write something here every week this year. My topic choices will be completely random, as is my life... no plans and no themes. Everything is interesting to me.
When a new year starts people do lots of things. Some look back at the highlights of last year, and they find good ones and bad ones. Are they looking at personal stuff, or other stuff from anywhere? I do both. Three that come to mind are the stronger efforts to increase food and medical supplies for the sick and starving, the new reality focusing on education for every child as a key to future peace, and the American troups leaving Iraq. On a personal level, a very big highlight was having Queen Rania of Jordan retweet my comment on Twitter. Imagine how I felt.
A bunch of us make resolutions, or goals, for this year. If you have realistic and achievable goals that challenge you, you may be happy with the results of your efforts, and it only took a new year to get you started. It makes me wonder how many of us actually monitor our progress and pay attention to whether or not we are successful. Sometimes I forget that part.
Another thing we love to do at the beginning of a new year is to look back at last year and discover things like who got married, who got divorced, what was the best music, who died, how many murders happened, and so on. Sometimes we like to look at the lives of others, rather than checking out our own lives.
And then there are those who continue doing what they are doing without any interest in highlights, goals, or what happened to others. I wonder what percent of the population is like this.
So what's new about the new year? Is it a chance to review, take stock, and seize the opportunity to begin an annual effort to make plans for changes? Or is it just another 12 months on the calendar, and time goes on?
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