Renew

And that was it.  A wrap of 2018, and now we're twenty days in.  It always feels like when one year is about to end that we're on the verge of something amazing, something new and different.  But we're not.  We fool ourselves time in and time out.

And why?  Well for starters, there's obviously not anything wrong with this.  And we are stuck in this cycle of one year ending and another following, so why not be optimistic about what's to come, right?  Being hopeful is always the best policy.  In this case, almost the only policy, because we make a habit of it.  We love the idea of things changing after end comes to pass, despite that not always being a case.  And we see that everywhere, in breakups, in finishing books, completing workout goals.  We love the idea of visible change, when in actuality the change is accumulative.  Things aren't just going to change or take shape because something happened that was out of our control.  Because that's really what we are in the tradition of attempting to do.  We all just want to renew ourselves in whatever way we think to be suitable and best.  It's truly a noble thing, because it's difficult, and hard to take initiative and acknowledge the things that you want to change.  It's special because of its rarity as well.

This blog post is a direct result of this.  One of my new year's resolutions being to write more, and I haven't written in over a month.  It's addicting to do nothing.  But it's also addicting to do things.  Sometimes you just need a little kick to begin.  So here is a short and sweet welcome to 2019, twenty days late.



J