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Why do we celebrate events like a
‘new year day’ – in every calendar – when it doesn’t bring any qualitative
change in life in practical terms? After all, if we don’t count exceptions, nothing
much changes on a ‘tomorrow’ than what it is on a ‘today’.
Well, it’s symbolic and therefore
is important.
It is always between 'what is
going to change from one calendar day to the next' and 'every day is a new day,
a reservoir of hopes, a new opportunity to do, undo or redo things'.
And it is always better to go
with the later one - every day is a new day and every day is a new 'you'.
Welcome 2016. Adieu 2015.
Reflect on. Retrospect.
Introspect. And look ahead.
To reflect on the days ahead. To
recharge yourself. With this symbolic milestone.
A symbolic milestone that comes
every year.
It is for you to look at it - so
why won't we do it in a positive, uplifting mode?
Yes, life is very unpredictable -
and so are its difficulties - with moments that let you down - with letdowns
that lock you in an inertia.
But pragmatism tells to always
look ahead - at the point beyond that letdown. It is only you who can break the
run of inertia in your life - it is only you who can win over the psychological
entrapments that you have built around yourself.
Life's experiences should tell us
that there is no substitute, no alternative, but to fight back - when life is
dragging you down. Kill those jinxes that work to darken your path.
After all, apart from your
family, who else stands with you emotionally? Everyone else either has a
fleeting attention to the problems you are facing or a 'knack' to exploit you
more in your hours of crisis.
The sum total is – there is no
one else but you who’ll stand for you – and there is no one else but your family
that will stand for you.
So, rules of the games point in
just one direction – stay along and against the odds you face while trying to
live life the way you seek.
Days like January 1 or December
31, now a universal phenomenon, are important milestones to take stock of how
the time has gone by so far – and how you need to look ahead – to measure your
life so far – with an element of periodicity.
And a touch of celebration is
always welcome in this exercise.
Adieu 2015. Welcome 2016.