Why do we celebrate NEW YEAR every year?
\n\nThe ever-moving hands of the clock have brought us to the close of another year and welcome the New Year 2019. \n\nAnother year means a new beginning for all of us. This is a perfect time to take stock of the situation. Reminisce the recent past spanning over 12 months and make corrections where ever warranted and get ready for another annual take off.\n\n New Year brings new hopes and action plans to each and every one of us. Most of us usually start our year by wishing our family and friends a Very Happy New Year. This is a great opportunity to encourage and to motivate our loved ones to start the New Year rightfully.\n\n Learn to be more thankful this year:\n\n Remember that New Year is a reminder of how God loves us so much. Let us thank God for all the blessings and for all the things that He has done for us. Also, pray for guidance and protection for the whole year- for all of us. \n\nShun negative thoughts: \n\nThrow away negative thoughts and welcome the year 2019 with positive mind. Learn to be more happy and contented. I wish you all the best in the world and a wonderful new year ahead. As this year is ending, I wish all the negativity and difficulties also end with this year and 2019 bring success and desired results for you. Take New Year as a reminder:\n\n Every new year is a reminder that there is always hope and good future ahead of us. It is never too late to become the person you always wanted to be. Aim high and hope for the best. Let God and your well wishers always lend a helping hand for enduring success. \n\nFocus on the present:\n\n Learn to focus on how to make things better this year. Don’t let your past failure[s] define who you are today? Start this year with a cheerful heart and make every moment count. Time to forgive others: This year, let us decide to let go of the things that hurts us and forgive those who caused us pain. Also let us say sorry to all those who are hurt due to our unmerited behaviour- in patches- on sidelines.I will try to live this year with no hate in my heart. I will also pray for those who have a hard time forgiving, that someday they will find the peace in their heart to forgive others. The most difficult word to say, to someone in English, in seriousness- is the word SORRY. \n\nTime to evaluate yourself: \n\nHave a time to evaluate yourself for the past year and plan how you can be a better person for the coming year. May the Lord grant you good health and success in life. \n\nNew Year, new hopes and aspirations:\n\n New year means new hopes and aspirations. Let us all wish for our success in life in our areas of specializations. Let our New Year’s resolutions be clear in our minds. we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity. \n\nIt is a time to revisit our plans of the year. For example, to live healthier, better, longer and safe will be my priority number one. New Year’s resolutions are examples of the universal human desires to have some preparation over what lies ahead, because the future is disquieting and certainly uncertain. \n\nTo counter that corridor of uncertainty, we do things to successfully manage our lives. We can resolve to be on a healthy diet, to exercise, to quit smoking, and to start saving. It doesn’t matter whether we hold our resolve or not, but committing ourselves to these, at least for a moment, gives us a feeling of more preparedness to face the challenges to come. \n\nA 2007 study by British psychologist Richard Wiseman found that out of 3,000 people, followed for a year, 88% failed to achieve the goals of their resolutions, although 52% had been confident they would, when they made them. \n\nInterestingly, New Year’s resolutions also include routine things:\n\n • like treating people better, \n\n• making new friends,\n\n • and paying off debts \n\nTowards new resolutions, The Babylonians would return borrowed objects. Jews seek, and offer, forgiveness. The Scots go “first footing,” visiting neighbors to wish them well. We have evolved to depend on others, literally, for our health and safety. \n\nTreating people well is a good way to be treated well.\n\n Many people resolve to pray more. It is good to pray more so that omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent force i.e. Almighty, is more likely to keep us safe. Jews pray at the start of their New Year to be inscribed in “the Book of Life” for one more year. And though death is inescapable, throughout history humans have dealt with the fear of death by affiliating with religions that promise happy endings. Pray more, and fear of death looks less scary, some people say.\n\n Good luck rituals:\n\n There are scores of good luck rituals woven among New Year celebrations, also practiced in the name of exercising a little control over fate. The Dutch, for whom the circle is a symbol of success, eat donuts. Greeks bake special Vasilopita cake with a coin inside, bestowing good luck in the coming year on whoever finds it in his or her slice. \n\nFireworks on New Year’s Eve started in China millennia ago as a way to chase off evil spirits. The Japanese hold New Year’s Bonneau, or “forget-the-year parties,” to bid farewell to the problems and concerns of the past year and prepare for a better new one. Disagreements and misunderstandings between people are supposed to be resolved, and grudges set aside. In a New Year’s ritual for many cultures, houses are scrubbed to sweep out the bad vibes and make room for better ones.\n\n I am excited to meet new friends this year. That means new adventures and memories to create. I hope they will bring extra happiness in life. Have a wonderful New Year 2019. \n\nAs new year has already dawned, I sincerely wish, may your pockets be heavy and your heart be light; may good luck pursue you each morning and night.\n\n Once again, Wishing you a Happy New Year 2019. Wishing you good health, happiness, and success in the coming year and always.\n\n Happy New Year to all of us!!!\n\n \n\n
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\nProf. Surinder Kochhar (Shaun)\nLPN, FCN, M.Com, CAIIB, DIM A freelance writer with 36 Years Exp. A Health Coach of University of Victoria
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