Looking Back, Moving Forward

I'm torn about how to feel regarding New Year's Resolutions. Setting goals for ourselves helps us keep track of our progress, but how do we guage this progress without casting at least a few glances back to see the distance we've come? Aren't we supposed to be 'living in the now', and 'living for today', taking things one day at a time and one breath at at time?

I've resolved to do many things at year's end, some of which have actually materialized and others that I forgot the first week of the New Year. In rougher times, I've resolved to stop making resolutions because none of them ever worked out, anyway. But despite the inner conflict you may be having regarding your own resolutions, the unavoidable truth remains that the New Year always carries with it a sense of 'starting anew'.

We can all start anew any day, any minute, any breath. We can commit to change at any moment, on the eve of the last day of the year or on the eve of the 207th day of the year. Because tonight happens to be the end of a year and the beginning of another, it is a wonderful opportunity to take stock of your own goals and visions for yourself, and get to it.