Resolutions

The New Year begins tomorrow and I am starting to see a lot of resolutions and predictions for it. So the question could be legitimately asked, what are your resolutions or predictions? Absolutely none. I am not into doing these thing for the New Year. I don't even really celebrate New Years. I don't understand the significance of the event so I don't take part. Jan 1 is such an arbitrary date for the New Year that i just can't quite wrap my mind around it.<br />n<br />nI personally see the New Year start when I start calving on the ranch. New life abounds and green grass coming. This is a New Year for me. The activity and excitement of all those young calves exploring the world and enjoying life, the days getting noticeable longer and slowly, if ever so slowly, warming up. That's what a New Year is about, not some date on a calendar but based on the cycle of life.<br />n<br />nHaving said all that I want to wish all of you a Happy New Year. Mine will start in a while and I will celebrate then in my own way. With reflections on what the year meant to me and what I hope in the Year to come, along with a lot of work calving.<br />n<br />n<b>The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears. W.H. Auden</b>