Couple of days ago the world brought in another new year with the hopes of bigger things to come and a better future. It seems to happen every year when new resolutions are made, new foundations are laid and many new prayers are said. We ask for trivial things such as losing that stubborn weight to more meaningful such as world peace but does turning the clock at midnight on December 31st eradicate all the mishaps of the past? Does simply popping the bubbly gives us a clean slate for the next 365 days? I personally feel that every day we wake up brings a promise for something new and exciting. Every day presents us the opportunity to do better than the previous day and every day brings in hope that whatever wish remained unfulfilled will be fulfilled.
Last year many good things happened but we also witnessed tragedies on a massive scale. There were mass shootings of innocent children to hurricanes and natural catastrophes but human beings are formidable creatures and we always come out on the other side stronger and more determined to defy the odds. If there are Talibans in this world, there is also a Malala who stands up to them and literally takes a bullet in the head because she wants to go to school. Her story inspired me beyond words and I pray that she makes a full recovery and succeeds in her mission.
There was also a lot of talk of the world ending according to the Mayyan Calendar. Although majority of the population laughed at the possibility, it did make some people very nervous. My personal theory is that the world will not end until there are still good people around. In many religuous texts, it is explained that when good can no longer triumph over evil, the world will not end so based on that we still have a long way to go and it probably won't happen in my lifetime.
I have not made any resolutions for 2013 because past experiences have taught me that while some reolutions are kept, others just never happen until it is the right time and there is no point in forcing it or putting a date on it. After all as I said before, every day brings new possibilities so why wait for another year to be completely happy!
R
