Vow..!! The new year has come and it is the time to wrap up the past and start looking for the year ahead...make new resolutions, do’s and don’ts and all sort of commitments that you intend to follow in the year ahead. This is great, atleast you’ll have something to follow in the coming year. But is it that simple to wrap up the past in a day and start making ‘guidelines’ for the future? Can’t we remain as simple as one can be and let the things flow naturally? Right from the childhood we are taught to follow invincible array of resolutions that will make your future prosperous.
If observed carefully, most of these resolutions are affirmative in nature…"will make new friends","will work harder","will contribute to society","will become a stronger man"…etc…common reasons for this could be that we often consider our past achievements as unsatisfactory or rather need more efforts to spent upon.
One more thought is that we are afraid of radical changes in our lives and so we wish for only incremental changes like ‘harder’, ‘stronger’ etc. This will follow a conservative path to success riding on the past achievements. Atleast something is better than nothing.
Sometime back I came to hear a resolution from my friend that amused with the thought that he could change his world exactly in a year. Funny, but I consider these guys as either revolutionary or a mere puppet of excitement…!!!
There are no good, bad, waste, extraordinary, imaginary or revolutionary resolutions. It “all depends” (famous two words of professional MBAs). But what I am confused about is: - “What is difference between dreams and New Year resolutions”
I personally would prefer staying committed to the resolutions rather than standing blank in front of future caveats. But this will take time and fair amount of introspection, so would like to rest my fingers for typing at later date..
If observed carefully, most of these resolutions are affirmative in nature…"will make new friends","will work harder","will contribute to society","will become a stronger man"…etc…common reasons for this could be that we often consider our past achievements as unsatisfactory or rather need more efforts to spent upon.
One more thought is that we are afraid of radical changes in our lives and so we wish for only incremental changes like ‘harder’, ‘stronger’ etc. This will follow a conservative path to success riding on the past achievements. Atleast something is better than nothing.
Sometime back I came to hear a resolution from my friend that amused with the thought that he could change his world exactly in a year. Funny, but I consider these guys as either revolutionary or a mere puppet of excitement…!!!
There are no good, bad, waste, extraordinary, imaginary or revolutionary resolutions. It “all depends” (famous two words of professional MBAs). But what I am confused about is: - “What is difference between dreams and New Year resolutions”
I personally would prefer staying committed to the resolutions rather than standing blank in front of future caveats. But this will take time and fair amount of introspection, so would like to rest my fingers for typing at later date..
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