Smell of New Year

Aah New Year.. dont we love it.. i mean L-O-V-E it. There is something alluring every year, when the calendar flips over. Hope and Excitement, though we have been through this cycle before, every new year brings something new and positive (we hope).

We want to believe that we will wash away our debts in Lottery and we will hit the Sports Clubs to run-off the winter belly. We believe that abstaining from having donuts for a week will reduce our blood sugar and being nice to our neigbour on new year day will wash away the curse we exchanged during our kids soccer practice.

Its the belief that wanes every late fall and ironically gathers steam in the peak of winter during the first day of a brand new year. I have grown to like this flipping every year, i mean what an excuse to forget some of our less inspiring habits.

We can always say, hey come on " i was like that last year.. not anymore".. forgetting barely 15 minutes had elapsed from the old year.

Its an excuse to come clean for few people, its an excuse to reform and an excuse to forget the sufferings. Its an opportunity to look at the future, to build on our dreams to chase and achieve.

The hope that mushrooms from the calendar flip is one of the amazing man-made creations.

I mean, we should all be happy and thank the guy who found about the earth's rotation and implemented it into our life with a calendar flip.

Consider how boring it will be, if today was Day #1002345 with no site of a brand new Day #1, consider how we cant say " honey, i promise i change this habit next year... sweetheart.. i will quit smoking next year"... instead we have to say "honey, i will get you the ring on Day #1230456".. how boring only geeks and Mathematicians would love that world.

I love it, the hope that springs eternal with every flip is a chance to tell ourselves, that we can do better in the new year.

Can you smell success? can you feel the warmth and hope? wel come '06 we have been waiting for you for sometime now..

Happy New Year!!