Another year has ended. Yet another has begun. Old calendars replaced with new, more colorful ones. Old diaries filled and filed away. New ones opened with hopes and dreams. From midnight, phones ringing continuously, notifying wishes from friends and relatives. Euphoria fills the air around.
But, all this euphoria for what? What does this concept of change in Time denote? Days, Weeks, Month and Years – but for us humans, who else sees much sense in them all?
Our days and years are all mere exercises of continuum. Unlike the diaries and journals that we keep to mark time, there are no actual chapters in reality. There are no curtains falling and raising, marking beginnings and endings. Time is for us humans to feel Life fully but not all at once. Just like the bodies need sleep to recuperate and resume the activities next day, Mind needs the concept of Time to break Life into easy, little, digestible fragments.
As we all start yet another ‘new year’, let’s remember this. Life is trickling away, as we sit here making resolutions and big plans for the days ahead. The resolutions, wishes and good thoughts are all fine. But let’s just spend a few minutes with our own selves today to take stock of our progress in life, our past dreams, our buried desires, our unkept promises, our unfulfilled passions. Let’s dig them all and see whether we have left anything that could end up being a regret in our final moments.
This year, let’s resolve to reduce the burden of unfulfilled desires from our hearts. Let’s slim down the sizes of our egos. Let’s refresh the interiors of our minds and cleanse them of narrow beliefs and needless differences. Let’s assume a fresh outlook towards Life that smells, tastes and feels pure, simple and pleasant. Let’s remember – today marks not just the beginning of a new year but also the ending of the old one. Have we fulfilled all the resolutions that we had made for ourselves at the beginning of the previous year? If not, let’s try to live up to them this year at least. More than anything, let’s resolve to relish this gift of life, which may not always be pleasant and beautiful but definitely worth experiencing in its whole gamut.
Wishing a very happy new year 2018 to you and yours, filled with abundant happiness, absolute peace, lots of love, scores of success and a sense of satisfaction laced all through the year!
But, all this euphoria for what? What does this concept of change in Time denote? Days, Weeks, Month and Years – but for us humans, who else sees much sense in them all?
Our days and years are all mere exercises of continuum. Unlike the diaries and journals that we keep to mark time, there are no actual chapters in reality. There are no curtains falling and raising, marking beginnings and endings. Time is for us humans to feel Life fully but not all at once. Just like the bodies need sleep to recuperate and resume the activities next day, Mind needs the concept of Time to break Life into easy, little, digestible fragments.
As we all start yet another ‘new year’, let’s remember this. Life is trickling away, as we sit here making resolutions and big plans for the days ahead. The resolutions, wishes and good thoughts are all fine. But let’s just spend a few minutes with our own selves today to take stock of our progress in life, our past dreams, our buried desires, our unkept promises, our unfulfilled passions. Let’s dig them all and see whether we have left anything that could end up being a regret in our final moments.
This year, let’s resolve to reduce the burden of unfulfilled desires from our hearts. Let’s slim down the sizes of our egos. Let’s refresh the interiors of our minds and cleanse them of narrow beliefs and needless differences. Let’s assume a fresh outlook towards Life that smells, tastes and feels pure, simple and pleasant. Let’s remember – today marks not just the beginning of a new year but also the ending of the old one. Have we fulfilled all the resolutions that we had made for ourselves at the beginning of the previous year? If not, let’s try to live up to them this year at least. More than anything, let’s resolve to relish this gift of life, which may not always be pleasant and beautiful but definitely worth experiencing in its whole gamut.
Wishing a very happy new year 2018 to you and yours, filled with abundant happiness, absolute peace, lots of love, scores of success and a sense of satisfaction laced all through the year!
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