Come the 31st of December and the phone & mail starts buzzing with HNY messages. Since none of us like to be in an embarrassing situation of ‘forwarding’ the same message to the sender, it starts a quest of searching for some ‘nice’ quotes. While not being enthusiastic about this ritual of sending sms on new year or other festivities, nevertheless I turned to the modern saviour – Google, and found some interesting ones. Three such quotes are:
Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle. - Eric Zorn
First part of Zorn’s quote is basically utopian while second part is much closer to reality. I got accustomed to this ritual of HNY in school and somehow really believed in it for a few years till I started finding it utterly boring. Perhaps it just seemed ‘cool’ to send sms and mail e-cards at that time.
New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions. – Mark Twain
Twain has hit the nail right on its head. After school and 1-2 years in college, all this formalities and niceties just became too mundane for me. I don’t remember making any resolutions or fulfilling them, if I made any. As years passed, the sms or calls became restricted to just few close friends. Friends really don’t care for a sms or no-sms on HNY. Do they?
Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits. – Anonymous
Well, this final quote puts it succinctly. Our behaviors, habits, job schedules or daily activities hardly changes; what changes is just the page on the calendar hung silently in the remote corners of our rooms. I just now realized that there is no calendar in my room, should I get one?
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