Though New Years already has enough alcoholic baggage with
it to make it my least favorite holiday, the expectation of realistic
resolutions always makes it feel like it comes with homework too! You mean I
have to wish for world peace, bacon flavored Pop Tarts, and robot servants and really mean it? I thought they taught us in school that clichés will take care
of all ills simply by ‘dreaming big’ or ‘standing strong’ to achieve
anything right?
Clearly that’s why there is little motivation to be the
first one out of the gate in a confetti-driven stupor to resolve to do much of
anything other than get out of bed and scratch - which I am rather good at by
the way. If only the world would truly revolve around football, food, and parades, then
all of life’s toughest problems could be figured out and dealt with on every January
1st.. That would leave the rest of the year left just
to goof off and make / re-break the non-essential goals and impossible dreams
that relentlessly recur and face us all in daily life.
Generally my resolutions fall into two categories – ideas that
I am cursorily interested in but for only 5 minutes or less, and goals
that I want to do for a lifetime but sadly will also do for less than 5
minutes as well. Oh sure every year I commit to ‘getting into shape’ but that’s NOT the type of resolution I should be making. The real mystery is whether my skin-sack's shape should resemble something akin to a tall n’ tan steak fry rather than
the UH-oh-so familiar soft, ashen couch potato.
Honestly though, I don’t get melancholy over the relentless
passage of time and the unfulfilled dreams of the previous year, since
tomorrow’s literally a new day and change always
happens. That is the one revolving constant that makes not just New Years,
but ANY day just as good as any other for taking chances, making goals, and
even missing marks. So for as many days as you keep on breathing, raise a
glass, smile, and keep reaching for stars no matter how far away they may
appear. Because I resolve one thing is certain – just like me, you’ll be making
the same toast and jelly all over again - in
just 364 and a quarter days!
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