New Year's Wishes

When I was in New York City a few weeks ago, we made a stop at a small exhibit set up to pay tribute to the one and only crystal ball that we see dropped every New Year’s Eve in Times Square.  While in the tourist center that holds that exhibit, they allow you to write something on a piece of confetti that will eventually be released over the city when the clock strikes 12am on January 1^st.  As I thought about what to put out into the world for myself for 2012, I got to thinking a lot about New Year’s resolutions.

Each year at this time, we all think long and hard about what we want to do in the upcoming year and how we want to be, which inevitably leads us to our New Year’s Resolution.   Some of us will promise to get in shape in 2012 or shed that extra 10 pounds that has been plaguing us.  Others might make an attempt to get their finances in order, reconnect with old friends, spend more time with family, or quit some bad habit.  Whatever it is that we decide to make the focus of our 2012 selves, chances are that most people will have broken those promises or forgotten about them before the calendar flips to February.   So what’s the point???

Personally, I hate New Year’s Resolutions because I think that people set unattainable goals.   What they constantly fail to realize is that in order to have a resolution come true, you need to put some blood, sweat and tears into it, which tends to lead people to abandon ship on their New Year’s promises.   That is why this year I say make a wish not a resolution.

Close your eyes.  Make a wish for something you would really like to see happen in 2012.  Maybe it’s not in your best interest to get crazy with your wish but just think of something that would you like to do and make it something you feel confident that you can achieve.  Spend 2012 going for that wish.  I made my wish on a piece of confetti that fell down from the ball when it dropped last night.  It may or may not come true but I am going to hold on to that wish throughout this year and believe that it can happen.  I guess we can judge the results on December 31^st, 2012.

"Make a wish and place it in your heart. Anything you want, everything you want. Do you have it? Good. Now believe it can come true. You never know where the next miracle is going to come from. The next smile, the next wish come true. But if you believe that its right around the corner and you open up your heart and mind to the possibility of it, to the certainty of it, you just might get the thing you’re wishing for. The world is full of magic. You just have to believe in it. So make your wish. Do you have it? Good. Now believe in it, with all of your heart." – One Tree Hill