Happy Oh'Ten!

I'm been trying to figure out why New Years is such a big deal. I find that I too get excited about it, but why? Surely the entire world doesn't get this excited over the opportunity to go to a party (or a "social gathering" if you are over 25) where they are usually surrounded by people they hardly know, have a few drinks and a few laughs with certain acquaintances, only to be left with a headache the morning after. Don't get me wrong, I love any excuse to go and spend time with good friends. I played a wicked game of Apples to Apples this last NYE...so...yeah... Or maybe it has something to do with the day off of work that people get, but then that leads me back to the original question...Why is it so important that we even get a day off of work? (except Walmart people :( ...sorry) It just feels like another normal day to me. I'm always a little underwhelmed with the whole thing. Watching people in Times Square for 2 hours before and then when the ball drops, we all celebrate like we accomplished some great thing this past year....yay us! we did it!

But then someone cleared it up for me (thank you wifey). I think that people aren't celebrating what we have accomplished this year, but are instead celebrating the year to come. People are excited at the idea of leaving what happened in '09, and instead beginning to focus on what CAN happen in '10. We are not celebrating our achievements, we are celebrating our HOPE. We are celebrating and forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. We are deciding to press on towards our goals for '10. (...I think I've heard this somewhere else...) And THAT is worth getting excited over. Our hope is what keeps us all going. EVERYONE puts their hope in something... it's just that different people put their hope in different things (but that is an entirely different conversation). Bottom line: 48 hours ago, we were not celebrating the accolades of 2009, we were celebrating the hope of 2010.

It is just proof that the entire world is CONSTANTLY wanting more out of life. That NO ONE is satisfied with the now, but that everyone wants to leave what we have experienced and to gain something more out of life. It doesn't matter who you are, where you are from, your skin color, or anything else; we ALL want more out of life...everyone... Even those that look like they have found it all, haven't...

Oh yeah...Be nice to other people...they outnumber us 6.6 billion to 1.