2016. A new year. So far, it doesn’t seem any different from
the old year to me. This is the fourth day and I don’t see anything that’s
changed—other than the calendar. Sure, there are little subtle differences from
day to day, but those always occur. Monday is a little different than Sunday,
Tuesday changes a little more, and so on. We start new days, new weeks, and new
months without much hullabaloo. But for some reason, everybody gets all excited
about a new year.
I could understand if the year marks a big event for
someone, graduation, getting married, or retiring; something they’ve been
looking forward to and waiting on. Maybe the anticipated birth of a child or
grandchild would be something to celebrate. But I know not everyone has a monumental
moment planned. In fact, I’m pretty sure most people don’t. Still, for some
reason everybody gets all excited about a new year.
Also, I’ve noticed during past years that the newness of a
new year tends to wear off very quickly. By the middle of January, people are
back to the grind, the festive mood of only a few days before all but gone.
They go back to their “mundane” life of day to day living; getting up, going to
work—or whatever else they do—going home, and going to bed, getting up... I’m
sure you get the picture. This continues right through December when, for some
reason everybody gets all excited about a new year.
I have my suspicions that it isn’t really the new year that
matters as much as the fact that it’s a holiday and people like having time off
work and celebrating. I could be wrong, but I doubt it. So, while I didn’t
mention anything last week about the new year, I wanted to make sure I didn’t
let it slip by unnoticed—because I know how everybody gets all excited about a
new year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! ~
Bruce
A. Borders is the author of more than a dozen books, including: Inside Room 913, Over My Dead Body, The Journey, Miscarriage
Of Justice, and The Wynn Garrett Series.
Available in ebook and paperback on iTunes, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo,
and Smashwords. Amazon Profile - www.amazon.com/Bruce-A.-Borders/e/B006SOLWQS.
Bruce
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