In the blink of an eye, a whole week has gone by since my last entry. It seems that I've already defaulted on one of my resolutions, i.e. to blog more often and regularly.
Making a resolution (by definition, a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner) is simple enough. The difficult part is keeping to that decision. That's where I suppose the word resolute comes in.
resolute [adj] : to be firm, unyielding or determined in purpose or belief.
Unfortunately, I am someone with many inspired ideas and ideals, but scant resolve to go through with them to the end. Blame it on the star which I was born under -- At my worst, I am flighty, fickle, indecisive, and restless.
But I have been very busy of late. A whole new chapter of my life is unfurling before me... revealing a future that is filled with a seemingly endless plethora of new challenges and experiences. I guess that is also a good enough analogy to describe how one would feel about a brand new year.
Seriously speaking, I was more than a little amused by friends and acquaintances who made quite a big deal about their new year's, especially all their fretting about how to spend their last night of 2006. It's not that I care little for the past year, or am blisfully ignorant of the significance of the passing years... Truthfully, I think, my mind had been occupied by more personal matters, thus crowding out all thoughts on the looming stretch of 2007. Nevertheless, after the auld lang synes and festive merrymaking (amid nostalgic reminiscing of yesteryears) were over, it did hit me -- a year has passed, all 365 days of it, and another has begun but what have I achieved thus far? Have I become a better person? And what does the future hold for me? These questions, and many others, can only hang in the air, unanswered.
I've never been a cock-eyed optimist, so-to-speak, but here's to 2007; may it bring many joys and happiness to all my friends, loved-ones and family... and to YOU too, my fellow bloggers. Cheers!
